Here we go

Sorry for the delay in the response the young'un is my helper,son,and future car owner he helps when I ask or when he has a girlfriend that thinks the car is "cool". I have stopped for a while since I found the tinny knock issue,it was the torque conv. bolts they were to long and were hitting the converter without being tight. The other knock was as I feared a rod. After I took care of the first issue I put things back together, started it and it fired right up so I gave a couple taps on the throttle and it shut down. I tried turning by hand again and couldn't so I did some inspecting. Back by the engine/trans bracket is a 6-8" piece of block broke where I suspect the rod or its cap got pushed into. I'll post a pic after I'm done crying :banghead: At least I have enough parts to save some money on the next and just need to do a short block.