I think my 225 is toast

I think my 225 is toast

If you can do it then that's GREAT.
I've had to make do with what I had most of my younger years so I learned to make things work and it carried over through the rest of my life I guess.

Now that I realize you are capable of it, I want you to replace those two rod bearings and drive the piss out of it and tell us what happened.:violent1:
Just kidding.:D

Three-nuts said
I thought about that & read the manual (which says, oddly, to jack the motor from the left front corner of the pan...and then unbolt & remove the pan! Nice trick!). I figure by the time I open it up & buy a set of rod bearings for $120 I'll find the crank journal lunched. Then, there'd be no point in putting it back together with a new pan gasket. I'd rather spend those three hours towards changing out the motor. I'm old, you see... :)

This car is probably going away. Either sold or junked, it's a substantial loss. My own fault for not hearing this on the test run with the seller. $1300 + 300 exhaust work & another $300 in various bits pieces & a battery. Never too old to do something stupid. Ain't no fool like an old fool.