Good afternoon!

Sorry if this is the inappropriate forum but I'm interested in buying this 1990 F150 with a 351 Cleveland.

http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...25564019&Log=0

It's got great mileage for the year, my favorite body style of any f150, and I'd like to use it as a project to learn how to do my own maintenance. Is this a good fit? Are there any glaring issues I should know about?

Thanks

 

If that has a Cleveland in it, it's been swapped. The factory engine was a Windsor.

 

Windsors are more common than Clevelands right? Just been doing some research and it looks like the manufacturing of Clevelands stopped a long time ago.

 

351 Clev were made for a couple of years, 1970-71. I would be surprised if it has a Cleveland in it.

 

The 351C was offered in 70-74 cars, but no trucks. The 351M was used from 75-82, 77-82 in trucks. Any 351/5.8 after 1982 would have been a Windsor. The C and M even had a different bellhousing bolt pattern (335) and would not bolt to a 1990 (Windsor) transmission.

So - either that truck has a standard 351W or it's got a swapped Cleveland (or 351M) with an old non-overdrive transmission.

 

 

That VIN decoder is great, but it's meaningless if the engine has been swapped.

 

One way to know, the Cleveland had 8 bolts in the valve cover while the Windsor had 6.

 

The 351C has the same SBF bellhousing as the 289-351W. Its the 351M/400 that shares the big 429/460 bellhousing

 

You are right, sorry about that.