I just went out and disassembled the air filter housing, and you are right! I was wrong! I've had 2 others look at it who are wrenches and guess they don't know Ford. Thank you, thank you. I'm a happy cat now. Like I said up top, I bought this sight unseen, guy told me it had 100k and was nice. This is a dealer in Basteop, Tx. I got it home and took it to get the oil changed, while driving it I noticed the speedo and tach worked but not the odometer, I was pissed. And of course I paid premium dollar for something it did not have (low mileage). Anyway, motor is tired, going to buy a junkyard motor, rebuild and swap them out is the plan.
Would y'all leave the stock cam in it and just change rockers?[
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@Turboprop
If the replacement engine you buy has high-miles, if you get to see it's clock, I would check things like the valve lifters for worn rollers (if so equipped), if you do not know what vehicle it came out oof, be aware '90s trucks used a down-dated 5.0, rockers for wear, cylinder bore for wear and taper, crank journals both rods & mains for size, roundness, and taper. If bearing inserts look pretty good, and crank is good, no scoring, nice shiny bright, use it as-is, if bearing clearances are acceptable.
If you don't get to see the vehicle it came out of, be aware '90s era truck 5.0s (like F-150, not Explorer) used a down-dated engine with flat-tappet camshafts, different, smaller injectors, if that's what they sell you, be prepared to switch out, re-use lots of parts. I believe the valley of roller-cam 5.0s was cast differently, impossible to put roller-cam in non-roller originally block. imp
