Getting ready to swap a 5.7 into my 73 Dart Swinger

Wish I had the answer for you. This is what i had to do to the drivers side mount on the alterkation to get it to fit
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Perhaps you could shed some insight on this I'm more of a backyard mechanic than anything else but if I didn't have the push rods in and I crank over the engine or actually tighten up the crank pulley bolt to tighten in the pulley can I cause any damage to the head gaskets or anything cuz it seems like maybe one of the cylinders is slowly letting air leak out