Ron,
You could be right about that. It's been a lot of years since I last dealt
with these spacers and there may well not have been gaskets between each
one. It looks as though each set of 3 spacers came as a complete item in
that the parts book lists them as Qty. req'd. 2. No mention of gaskets
between as John New says.
Just make sure the joint surfaces between the 3 are perfectly smooth and
matching and that gaskets do go from them to the manifold, and to the heat
shield.
Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronald A. Fine" <ronfineesq@earthlink.net>
To: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>; "John Homonek"
<jhomonek@mindspring.com>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: Need Help with Reinstalling Carbs
> Rich, are you sure about the gaskets between each of the three spacers or
> insulating blocks. I ask because I took mine apart several months ago and
> did not find any gaskets between the three blocks, just on either side of
> the stack. I reused the original spacers which are some type of wood and
> resin composit, not the black plastic ones from Moss. I just put the
> rebuilt carbs back on my car this last weekend. The original spacers are
> very tight together after bolting on the carbs. I seriously doubt you
> would get a vacuum leak here from the intake manifold vacuum. The head
> gasket kit I used did not contain enough gaskets to place one between each
> of the three insulating spacers.
> Ron
> BN7
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