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I run Valvoline VR1 Racing oil in my stuff with solid lifters.My 65 Valiant slant gets it and so does my 75 Moto Guzzi motorcycle. This oil has zinc in it as well as anti foaming additives . Been using it for 15 years now

I had a 340 chrysler marine in my 1965 Pembrook mahogany hull cabin cruiser . It was a good motor . The boat was a single screw 28 ft and went thru the water real nice.It cruised at around 2500 RPM and drank around 8 gallons of fuel an hour Just gave away the service manual for Chrysler...

When I had my old wooden cabin cruiser with a 340 Chrysler Marine engine the service manual recommended that you pour oil in the carb slowly until it stalls .In spring you take the valve covers off and tap each valve to make sure they arent stuck so you don't bend a push rod when you first...

You can always ad some flattening agent to the paint to get the right amount of dullness if it has too much shine

I shot all my engines with Bill Hirsch engine enamel with good long lasting results. Engine Enamel Online | High Temp Engine Paint | Hirsch Auto-hirschauto.com I usually add hardner to the paint . Way better than rattle can crap

cut it &grind it smooth

I did that to mine and everything just bolted up.

I use this stuff on every electrical connection on all my motorcycles .It really keeps the corrosion at bay .Started using it in my cars too last year every time I unplug something I use it.

These are the right ones

Never heard of a car motor doing it but on my 2 stroke motorcycles if you set the timing to far advanced on the twin cylinder ones they can sometimes run backwards

Make sure that the drill bit is square to the hole both sideways and up and down. I use them all the time on my vintage motorcycles.They work well and are strong but they have to be straight.

That tag indicates that it is a replacement short block from the factory.I had two of those in crates I sold on here about 5 years ago. So it seems you possibly have a virgin replacement bottom end that hasn't been messed with by anyone

The 65 heads have 57cc chambers where the 69 have something like 63 so the 65 heads with a 64-65 manifold will give you slightly more compression . if you find the domed 2 valve relief pistons in there you can end up with a real sweet motor with all the other commando 273 stuff on top.

You'd probably have to cut them and change the angle of the bottom to mate with the K you are using then there will also be the height of the motor as it sits in the K to consider .It would be easier to get the correct parts

I used the Bill Hirsh stuff on a few I have done over the years. I'd avoid using rattle can crap and clear coat as well.The Hirsh stuff is a high quality engine enamel and you can add hardner to it like any other acrylic enamel . It will give you long life with the hardner and it will also...

Yes the gas will eat the paint after a time and you will get a leak. I used to coat 2 stroke motorcycle head gaskets with high temp paint and it worked great until they started with the ethanol .once that crap was put into gas that old school trick no longer was an option. I would think the same...

Brazing is pretty easy to do.You need 5000 degrees more or less and cherry red metal you can get that with MAP .Make sure the metal is clean and use flux on the rod . A braze will not fail

This was a 318 made to look like a 273 in my 65 Barracuda that I built back in the 1990's

They have inserts that you can use in the larger sizes

I have a 273 crank if you decide to pull out the crank.It's forged and I believe it will interchange with the 318 crank

drill it out and put in a heli coil

JB Weld but not the quick stuff use the original slow setting stuff .It is good to 400+ degrees when cured.

In 66 they were still polys I think. From what I remember the LA318 was introduced in 1967

I never had a Fram go bad and have been using them since the 1960's

I had a car once that had 50,000 on it and it was 40 years old.It had the same sort of problem and when I pulled the pan off there was 3 inches of this pudding in the pan covering the pick up. It was caused by lack of regular oil changes due to lack of use like your car .I pulled the motor and...

I'd pull it and give it new bearings ,an oil pump , freeze out plugs ,and gaskets with a new rear main seal .At this point it's just parts replacement not engine rebuilding Replacing will cost a few hundred rebuilding will cost a couple thousand or more.

if it only has 13000 miles on it in 47 years my money is on the bearings being shot from the acids in the oil that probably sat in it for years at a time just eating away at them

Well if you do resort to twisting I have 16 rods that came out of good running 273's sitting on the shelf for cheap

From the photos it looks like the motor could be stuck from bad gas being run thru it before it was shut down.I had this happen on my 48 Plymouth after a long storage.I was young and didn't know any better and fired it up after letting it sit for 3 years.Went back a week later and the motor was...

Heat that block up and get those pistons out without beating the **** out of them.You may get lucky and get away with a hone or not but if you beat them out you will never be able to use them in anything and blocks are out there pistons ?