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Memike said his engine was a 170 with a manual trans so it should bolt right in.

I wouldn't say that you messed anything up. Anytime you try to start driving a car that has been sitting for a long period of time there are going to be a lot of minor little things wrong with it like leaks and electrical problems and such. Cars have a tendency to deteriorate when they are not...

Yup, battery is dead as I suspected. That's probably why it won't crank over. You need to get the battery charged up and then try to start it. Also the alternator is probably bad (or has a problem with the wiring) since it allowed the battery to die. I am guessing that getting those two things...

Also, that one spark plug that did not have the wire hooked up could also have caused the engine to back fire. Since that cylinder would not have been firing the gasoline would have just been going down into the exhaust until it finally caught fire and created the loud bang. If that happened I...

I don't see any reason why the engine would be locked if there was still oil in it when it stopped running. Those slant sixes are practically indestructible. Does the engine do anything at all when you try to start it? Does it make a clicking noise? Does the battery still have power? It's...