OK, well scratch the last post called 273 disaster, i dug the rod bearings out of the rods and they dont look that great, so i am just gonna stick new bearings in the motor , . Jegs has pretty good prices on Clevite 77s so I ordered rods and mains. I might re-ring it too but i dont know that it really needs it. But I guess my first question has to do with the quality of the gasket set i ordered, or more specifically, the head gaskets included in it. It is a Mr Gasket full gasket set. Are these going to be decent head gaskets for a stock 273?? I dont know about the quality of Mr. Gasket Head gaskets so I thought i would ask. my second question would be : how soon do rod bearings start showing wear?? this motor proabbly has about 30,000 on it according to the previous owner. Is that wear premature?? The rod bearings didnt look destroyed, but a little of the coppper color was starting to show. neal zimmerman, eugene Oregon -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are ---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html. This email was sent to: arc.6265@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx bSONJP. Or send an email to: 1962to1965mopars-unsubscribe@