Stop in for a cup of coffee

What a busy weekend. I have a 74 318 out of my 74 duster but it's trashed, had water in it and two cylinders are beyond saving.

So i found a 77 318 block with almost no ridge, very low miles and clean block.

So i spent some time power washing the 77 block and stripping down the 74 block so i can use the crank and main caps and and pretty much everything except the block to transfer to the good 77 block.

Wasn't easy getting the crank out of a motor that is locked solid. I got 4 pistons out and one is loose but 3 are there to stay as if someone welded them in.

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Yep. Pretty tricky to get cranks out when the pistons are rusted in. I maneuvered a steel 273 crank out of a block that had been through a couple floods. I bet my 241 Hemi looks like it too. It went through the same floods.