Hiya ...
my 2 cents here

if someone tells you you will only need to fix a cable to get the car started, then this is in most cases a lie.
Reason for this is that you need to replace the cable to find out if it was the cable. and even if you're lazy and just temporarily hold a cable there to see if that works, he would have shown it to you as a running engine sells more ...
It can be well just a cable, but it could as well mean he has no idea what's going on as well as the engine is seized, but I'm not gonna tell ya

Kalli

 

if it was 'just a cable' why wouldnt he replace it himself?

 

+1

 

..going back to the engine discussion a few posts up...

Would at 68 with a factory installed 289 still have a 302 badge (referring to the running horse on side)? Or did they apply the correct badges to coordinate with the engine (meaning some 68 badges state 289 and later models state 302)?

Jimmy428 - what does your badge look like?

I find this interesting, even if a bit off topic. Thanks!

 

check opn the VIN, trhen you'll know what the car _should have_ come with.
if you need to know, pull the starter and check the casting n#. it's only 2 screws

 

While this seems like a good idea, it isn't always truthful in a 68. If yourun the numbers, and it says 289, then is a 289, but if yourun the numbers and it says 302, then you could have a 289 or a 302. This is because in 68 they were transitioning over to the 302 from the 289, and some of the 289 internals were placed in the 302 blocks.