One catastrophic risk to attempting to drive it as-is is a possibility of "hydrolock" where the cylinder has enough water in it to stop the piston on its way up, which can destroy the piston, bend the connecting rod, and in some cases twist the crankshaft.

If you wish to try driving it, I would start by removing the spark-plugs and checking for fluid in the cylinders.

Flat-bed rides aren't that expensive these days, complete engines are.

I might have an almost-new upper wire harness available in the next two weeks for a late '95.

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