What are these two plugs?

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ditto on the convertor bushing unless you want to run it for a week without it to get to school. I ran it for 3 months like that without a bushing (68 318 on a 65 273 trans) and it finally cracked all 4 flex plate ears. The 68+ crankshaft convertor register is physically larger ( 1/4" total IIRC) than the early crank registers so the small convertor snouot doesnt center exactly and the slight difference is taken up by the flex plate ears until they finally crack .
 
volaredon said:
Is the sump on your "new" engine in the back or more centered?
Yeah even the A bodies had different pans up to 66 and after 67. There was a long thread about this courtesy of member "cruising ram" on here recently, it shouldn't be more than couple of pages back. There was a pic in there showing all the different pans that could have come on a/6 and description of which ones could/couldn't be used in a given chassis. Would be worth a look back for you,
at this point.
If you have to change your pan for your replacement engine to fit your car you also need to make sure that you get the right pickup screen that works with that particular oil pan.
If that engine is so nasty/dirty, are you planning on going thru it to any extent before you drop it in? I'd at least do a complete regasket on it and a power wash before dropping it into another vehicle.
Do you have any history?
If your car is a 65 and the engine is a 68 or newer you need the adapter sleeve to go in the back of the crank for the torque converter snout.
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Yea I'll have to take a look at the oil pans and see which one mine has. As for the adapter, my transmission is a 3 speed column shift and the new engine I have has the flywheel still attached. It was my understanding that I could just bolt my old clutch back up to the flywheel and throw the engine in. Is this correct?
 
The only reason I could figure either of those was unplugged is if somebody didn't want the car to run.
 
pishta said:
ditto on the convertor bushing unless you want to run it for a week without it to get to school. I ran it for 3 months like that without a bushing (68 318 on a 65 273 trans) and it finally cracked all 4 flex plate ears. The 68+ crankshaft convertor register is physically larger ( 1/4" total IIRC) than the early crank registers so the small convertor snouot doesnt center exactly and the slight difference is taken up by the flex plate ears until they finally crack .
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And if my transmission is a manual I don't need a bushing or anything correct?
 
manual trans need not apply for the convertor bushing. :thumbsup: Just make sure your new crank is bored for a pilot bushing
 
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