LOCKED UP Ford 351W 5.8L V8 Engine Teardown. How Bad Could It Be?

Video of the '97 F250 HD 5.8 Rescue! https://youtu.be/HIih0-Ou4u8
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Here's weekly dose of your catastrophic engine forensics! Every week you can find a new teardown of some abused, misused and/or poorly designed engine. Here are some of my favorites:
Locked up 454 Big Block Chevy https://youtu.be/ekVgxxGFG8k
The Most Carnage EVER! 8.0 Ram V10 https://youtu.be/Ot-GbhaeaDw
A Broken WHAT!? https://youtu.be/ce7NBhfOYFc
The unkillable 300 Straight 6 https://youtu.be/oJoiC03rxcg
700K Mile 7.3 Teardown https://youtu.be/R4OP7vWr_Vg

Today's teardown is a 5.8L 351 Windsor from a 1996 Ford F250 with 210K miles. This engine sat on the shelf for 17 years! Im not sure if it was a running engine when the truck was dismantled but it surely isn't now! This one was a real struggle and I didn't feel great about the end result. Sometimes its like that! You never know what these "Core" engines are going to be like until they are on the stand.


Why am I doing this? My name is Eric and I own and run a full service auto salvage business called Importapart. Part of our model includes dismantling blown and bad engines to salvage the good parts to resell. We do not rebuild engines, merely supply parts to those who do.

I really hope you enjoyed this teardown, as always I love all of the comments, feedback and even the criticism. Catch you on the next one!

-Eric