[j21moss]

well it's not my Hollywood Mach but my daughter's 1996 V6 Mustang has now 326,357 miles, only the Radiator and fan assy has been replaced, but what so funny, she asked me to replace the aluminum oil pan due to wearing out the thread hole for the drain plug with so many oil changes..LOL.. so found a OEM pan and just replaced it last week..but did see where it does need a intake manifold gaskets..can't believe FoMoCo has discontuinued it some time ago and was told only the 96-98 V6's used this kit,,but was very lucky to find a small Ford dealer south of Indianapolis who had one and had it picked up. What I was really surprise was there was hardly no sludge at all in the pan. Saweet!!! My dad bought this car new in Florida and it lived it's entire life down there until 2007 when he gave it to my daughter who is in college at University of Southern Indiana. She is now in Northern Ireland for a semister so I have it now until June. He is a retired mechanic and is a sole believer of changing oil every 3000 miles and it shows in the pan.. It's too bad the black paint didn't hold up to the Florida sun but it has no rust and runs pretty good!!:THUMBSUP: