Damsel in distress

Secondly, it won't work with either sex, since slant sixes have no crankshaft bolt.

But you can put one in - I picked up the right size at the HW store, bought a stack of washers so I could thread it in without bottoming out, then put my long breaker bar on and pulled on it - turned right over (the old engine would turn by hand - the new engine is tight and dry - was just trying to get to all the bolts on the flex plate)