victim is a 97 f350 4x4, 351, e4od

rebuilt e4od, engine has 140k on it, little more for my liking

I've looked on craigslist at complete engines for sale, found one with 45k for $450 and 80k miles for $350, most likely will buy one and throw it on the stand and dress it up over a few weeks

I'm hoping to get the lower mile one but have not heard back from the sellers yet, plans are to
* oil pump+pickup replace
*oil pan reseal
*want to pull out the lower intake bolts and replace em for good measure, will have helicoils ready lol
*replacing water pump(hopefully wont turn into a broken timing cover)
*lastly was thinking about putting in 1.7 roller rockers

I'll keep adding to this thread and post pictures hopefully it will help someone some day

I do have some questions though

first how does the lower intake seal? gasket or gasket + silicone on both sides? I've used all kinds and found "The right stuff" to be my favorite, I'm guessing the same would apply for timing cover/gasket aswell

I'm a diesel guy, next question has to do with distributor, does it come out in order to prime the new oil pump? how exactly do I prime it?

pretty excited about this, first gas job I've gotten into, all diesel work prior

 

several diffrent ways to prime it ive always jusy filled it full of oil and bumped it several times

 

Gasket + a light coat of RTV to stick them in place is my preferred way to do intake gaskets, I generally don't use RTV on other gaskets unless there is pitting on the gasket surface.

Distributor comes out to prime the pump, just tape a socket on a 6" extension(so you don't lose it in the motor) and drive the oil pump shaft with a drill counter clockwise.