Thank you for your efforts. I will be at work most of the day and will return to the post later.
Byw, I was quoted far mor than $7 for the hp spring kit. I will outsource using more than one price in the future.
Darrell
You may as well order the spring kit from Mancini, you will need the cup plug in it anyway, you may as well just buy the kit and use the spring with it....
You should be able to fix it. Luckily you caught it before installing the engine in the car you'll only need another oil pan gasket to fix it.
Mancini Racing and Summit Racing are two good sources for parts and price. Mancini caters to Mopar and can price close to Summit. Both of them can get me parts in 1-2 days when they are in stock. I've been using both of them for over 30 years.