If your cinder block is outside, primer it first, then use oil base.
Mineral Oil works best. Do not use baby oil due to fragrances. Do not use cooking oils as they can become rancid and often gum the surface.
Several Oil fields together make up an oil block
yes especially if you use an oil like quaker crud yes especially if you use an oil like quaker crud
10 W 40
You can search on google for how to grind out a small circle around the oil pickup on the block. You can upgrade to a high volume oil pump. You can have the oil journals flushed. You can use a thicker oil.
It is on the front of the block, just to the side of the oil filter.It is on the front of the block, just to the side of the oil filter.
back of the block get to it from under the car use oil filter pliers not a slide wrench
on the block under the intake manifold. Use a jack and stands.
no gasket necessary.
A 355 small block engine should use either 10w-30 or 5w-20 viscosity motor oil. They provide a good balance of protection in most driving conditions.
the gasket is probably glued to the block and oil pan. Use a gasket scraper and tap it with a hammer between the block and the oil pan. be very careful not too damage the oil pan.