well my 93 ford e 150 died yesterday

[Dean and Buster]

so this morning I started looking for another van found a 2007 e 350 passenger van for 4thousand dollars so I did get that van to tow the trailer I am building . and it only has 1hundred forty thousand miles on the van I knew the 93 e150 was having a lot of mechanical issues was going to cost more than the van was worth to repair mechanic said it was going to get real costly to keep the van going

 

[rvpopeye]

A much more capable rig for towing !
Good (better) luck with this one !

 

[Dean and Buster]

that's what the mechanic said that it was a good price for the van it was  a fleet van so I have most of the paperwork for it I loved my old van but the next repair for the transmition was going to cost more than the new van

 

[Ballenxj]

Bad news on the old van, but good news on the new one. I hope this one works for you.

 

[OutdoorFT]

Big step up in vans! More windows though if its a a passenger

 

[Dean and Buster]

my other van was a conversion van and I like windows I am going to try to teach my self how to tent them

 

[AbuelaLoca]

Glad to hear you found another van!! Hope your build goes quick and easy!

 

[Dean and Buster]

Glad to hear you found another van!! Hope your build goes quick and easy!

going to leave the van as a van for now and work on the trailer

 

[user 423]

Which shop was going to charge over $4000 for a rebuilt transmission? Seems pretty high but maybe not...

 

[Ballenxj]

Which shop was going to charge over $4000 for a rebuilt transmission?  Seems pretty high but maybe not...

$4000. is way high. The last Ford transmission I had rebuilt was $1700. I'm pretty sure you can find them already rebuilt for around the same money.
Mine was done somewhere around 5 years ago.
Where did you get the $4000. quote?

 

[Dean and Buster]

$4000. is way high. The last Ford transmission I had rebuilt was $1700. I'm pretty sure you can find them already rebuilt for around the same money.
Mine was done somewhere around 5 years ago.
Where did you get the $4000. quote?

it gets real pricey here in my part of Missouri

 

[user 423]

Try another shop? Shouldn't be anymore than $2000-2500 or so.

 

[Queen]

my other van was a conversion van and I like windows I am going to try to teach my self how to tent them

I love all the pic FALCON has shown of his window van, seems like they can be a fine choice for traveling.

 

[Dean and Buster]

the old had several other things going out on it to 3 different sensors and the rust was another problem

 

[vfourmax]

Any way you look at it you would have spent at least $2000.00 repairing the transmission in the '93 van so actually it only cost you $2000.00 difference to upgrade to the 2007 van. If the '07 van is in good shape that is a good upgrade for the extra money spent.

 

[jimindenver]

And a much better van for towing to boot.

 

[Dean and Buster]

the e350 has half of the miles on it to the e 150 had over 2hundred thousand miles on it