Ok, that's good. One less issue.No phasers here. It is getting new timing components. I wonder if it was short tripped or something? The timing set is original and much better than the timing set that came out of the grand marquis engine. Guessing based on the condition of the timing set, this engine might only have 140,000 on it. But if it was short tripped, and with how quiet it is, I'm probably going to clean it out and run it. I am not, however, taking the time to pull the non-leaking left head to clean it off.
Speaking of sludge, not sure if you caught Kevin's 351. NSFW. It's only 1 minute inside of this hour long video, but it should make you feel better.