uppster - I would never leave something loose laying in the oil pan. One good speedbump and *boom*

rclarke - While I see your point and I agree, I hadn't even planned to do THIS much with this engine. Long term plans for the car include an engine swap from a modern car. I wanted to get the engine running to get a feel for the rest of the car before I start investing larger amounts of money. Additionally, I have not yet obtained an engine hoist. The car only has something like 76k miles on it, and all the issues I've discovered so far are from it just sitting for so long.

Now it looks like I really don't have a choice.