Bell crank question

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I am doing a motor replacement in my 71 half ton. Originally the motor was a 250 inline six. A previous owner put a 350 V-8 in the truck. The motor was bad, I bought a new one and the install will hopefully be this weekend.

The bell crank that came out of the truck shows the arms having been cut and re-welded. The bell crank I have has a slight bend in it. I bought another crank from a guy that dismantles these trucks and it came from a V-8 truck. The one I got is straight. The new one is about one half to five eighths of an inch longer.

Has anyone done this change out and encountered the same issue? I can only assume the old one got modified for some reason (to possibly clear the exhaust manifolds which have been changed from original). The original drivers side exhaust originally swept in and back. The one that came on the truck drops straight down. I plan on going back to the original configuration.

Any and all help is much appreciated. Thank you. I can and will post photos of the two bell cranks if that helps.

Michael