engine replacement, timing? problems

[wampus_cat]

Thanks guys (and possibly gals) I found the wire going to the ICM that was hlaf-way pushed together that I was missing.  Got the ol' 258 to start!   BUT there is what sounds like a rod knock... fail

[GRONK]

Lube EVERYTHING and use some mystero oil in there.  You can run a quart of ATF through the engine oil too.  Knocking could be timing or exhause leak too.

[wampus_cat]

marvel mystery oil'd, no luck...I had a couple other people listen to it, and a rod knock is a rod knock, unfortunately. 
question:  How hard is it to remove the pan, engine in car?  maybe I could find the bad one and replace it with a bearing from the other engine...

[BenM]

For something like that you might have to drop the front cross-member. That's true Rambler Mentality thinking, though, and people have done it.