Ford V8 engine with intake manifold removed, showing pushrods an…

This proves that all the gunk on the intake is from before - this engine has been sitting ~4.5 months and the valley almost looks fresh-from-the-crate.

These intake gaskets only have ~30Kmi, but the coolant system was severely abused & neglected, which is why the gaskets are in such horrible condition around those journals (the 4 frontmost & rearmost).

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This was the truck's original engine:

Owner caption January 2015 · Photo 213 of 434