I have a Gen 1 and Gen 2 Raptor. The Gen 1 was the best vehicle I've ever owned and I've owned a lot so I bought another. I bought the 2011 fairly clean in 2016 with 88k miles and a T-bone accident on its record and repainted/repaired driver side doors and B pillar. You can't notice the repair unless you're looking, the A-pillar sits very close to the front fender (gap is small) and there is no B-pillar sticker.
Over the 8 years I've had it it has really only needed brakes, oil, and tires. I did choose to replace the trans fluid at 150k miles with zero symptoms. Diff fluids and spark plugs have been changed twice. I bent a rear axle shaft (where the wheel flange meets it) and had it replaced with OEM, and had rear wheel bearings replaced with new OEM at about 110k miles. The truck has 2023 raptor wheels and basically new OEM tires. I tow max capacity often, and the truck is airbagged. I also blast around in the desert often, but not as the primary use of the truck. It is a daily driver.
Both seat heaters are shot, the passenger seat perforated center section (back, not bottom) is torn. The power steering (all original) needs about a half of a reservoir every thousand miles or so.
I've started noticing that I think the motor mounts are shot. The truck lurches backing out of the driveway (surges maybe?) as I let off the brake partially and idle out into the road. It idles a little rough mechanically, the engine runs consistently without a misfire, but there is bumpy mechanical feedback into the cab. The truck clunks pretty hard sometimes shifting from reverse to forward. The truck has 225,000 miles.
My question is, with the 12-hour job of replacing the mounts, would you just get a donor low-mile engine or just replace the mounts? If it was the swap I think I'd do it myself. It would be my 3rd engine swap. At this point the engine runs great and I could sell it to recover most of my cost. The engine swap labor might be realllly close to the motor mount labor, but I haven't done both (or either) job on this truck. For some reason I think I'd have the mounts done at a garage, but I'd want to take my time and do the swap myself.
I'm not in a hurry, but I don't want to be wasteful of my time, or of my remaining mileage. I want to keep the truck for about 3 or 4 more years.
What would you do?
Over the 8 years I've had it it has really only needed brakes, oil, and tires. I did choose to replace the trans fluid at 150k miles with zero symptoms. Diff fluids and spark plugs have been changed twice. I bent a rear axle shaft (where the wheel flange meets it) and had it replaced with OEM, and had rear wheel bearings replaced with new OEM at about 110k miles. The truck has 2023 raptor wheels and basically new OEM tires. I tow max capacity often, and the truck is airbagged. I also blast around in the desert often, but not as the primary use of the truck. It is a daily driver.
Both seat heaters are shot, the passenger seat perforated center section (back, not bottom) is torn. The power steering (all original) needs about a half of a reservoir every thousand miles or so.
I've started noticing that I think the motor mounts are shot. The truck lurches backing out of the driveway (surges maybe?) as I let off the brake partially and idle out into the road. It idles a little rough mechanically, the engine runs consistently without a misfire, but there is bumpy mechanical feedback into the cab. The truck clunks pretty hard sometimes shifting from reverse to forward. The truck has 225,000 miles.
My question is, with the 12-hour job of replacing the mounts, would you just get a donor low-mile engine or just replace the mounts? If it was the swap I think I'd do it myself. It would be my 3rd engine swap. At this point the engine runs great and I could sell it to recover most of my cost. The engine swap labor might be realllly close to the motor mount labor, but I haven't done both (or either) job on this truck. For some reason I think I'd have the mounts done at a garage, but I'd want to take my time and do the swap myself.
I'm not in a hurry, but I don't want to be wasteful of my time, or of my remaining mileage. I want to keep the truck for about 3 or 4 more years.
What would you do?
