What’s my engine?
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The Cleveland was never factory installed in a truck but at this age it's possible to find anything under the hood. The 351c and 351/400M are very similar and use some of the same parts but the 351c block is physically smaller and it has a removable timing cover like the windsors whereas it is cast into the block on the M.
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The Cleveland was never factory installed in a truck but at this age it's possible to find anything under the hood. The 351c and 351/400M are very similar and use some of the same parts but the 351c block is physically smaller and it has a removable timing cover like the windsors whereas it is cast into the block on the M.
If you look at his name (Aussie dave) and the righthand drive it should be a give away. By the 4 bottom bolts on the valve cover it at a C or M engine
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The truck seems to have bits from the seventh and eighth generations, so it’s a somewhat hard to assign a forum.
I was guessing a 351C, but wasn’t sure if it was a 302C that I gather was unique to Australia and if there was a visual trick I was missing. My mate suggested I pull a plug and put the dipstick/a straw in the bore with the piston on TDC. Mark the dipstick.Turn the engine over by hand. If 3 inches?, it’s 302. If 3.5 inches?, it’s 351.
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Yeah mate, it’s got LPG connected ... for now 😉
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