I think the engine in the truck i a 351 Cleveland. Or 351M. Or a 400. I removed all of the plugs and applied liberal amounts of PB Blaster penetrating oil and WD-40 to the cylinders. The engine was not seized, but that's about the only good news. There was a little water in the oil pan and the aforementioned stupid louvered hood and years of neglect guaranteed that everything in the engine compartment was badly deteriorated. The valve covers and air cleaner were rusted through, so they were the first things to get pulled and replaced. Summary of efforts after ~15 trips to the auto parts store:
- Replaced valve covers
- Replaced air cleaner
- Replaced dead battery
- Replaced rotting positive and negative battery leads
- Replaced dead ignition coil
- Replaced ignition condenser
- Replaced spark plugs
- Replaced seized alternator
- Replaced rotted alternator belt
- Replaced section of damaged fuel line
- Replaced the super cool Holley 750 CFM double pumper that came on the truck because it was spewing gas out of every orifice and created an alarming pool of flammable gasoline under the front end of the truck during initial starting "experiments." Also, it turned out to be a marine carburetor, which was the final coffin nail for that thing. A guy I know named Craigslist came through in a pinch and I got a more appropriately sized 600 CFM Holley carb for $50.
- Installed new vacuum fitting on the intake manifold to facilitate connection of the break booster
- Changed oil and filter
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