HELP!!!! I talked myself into buying a 61 4x4 with a 305 v6 in it just because I thought it was cool and before I even bought it won 10 bucks on a few bets that it even existed. Drove it for 1 week or about 75 miles and right as I was turning on my drive I heard a loud knocking in the engine. Shut er down,pulled valve covers seeing nothing wrong. I dropped the pan and the connecting rod caps and found the bearings shot. Mains were next and the same-shot. I started researching the rebuild I was gonna do on it when I was kicked in the pants at what it was gonna cost to just buy the parts I would need not to mention the machining it was going to need to get the crank/cam/heads done. I later found out that the I/E valves are next to impossible to find!! I am not in love with the engine in the first place but now I am convinced of swapping it out to a 350. Question is the trans is a muncie 22 4-speed so I know a bell housing is in order but not sure what else I am going to encounter trying to get the engine in the truck. Has anyone done this swap before and if so tell me its a piece of cake!! Any help is greatly welcome.
07-24-2013, 01:31 PM
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