72 Carb rebuild question (1 Viewer)

[unculturedswine]

Hey guys. Rebuilding my Aisin Carb from my 1972 F and I have this extra block attached to the bottom - is it factory? I don't have any new gaskets for it from the kit I bought from Kurt, and it's preventing me from getting to the bottom screw to separate the upper bowl. I can scrape the gasket off, but don't have a new one to replace it with so I'm not sure that's what I should do.


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[Pin_Head]

Yes, it is a factory insulator and it should separate with mild persuasion. On some, the gaskets are bonded on and reusable. Not sure about that one. NAPA probably has gaskets for that.

 

[73FJ40]

Yes, It is stock

It's called a carburetor heat insulator. You will need to pry it apart and replace the gasket.

I would get a sheet of generic gasket material from NAPA and cut it to fit. A small ball pein hammer (ball end) placed over the bolt holes on the carburetor and struck with another hammer will cut perfect holes.

 

[unculturedswine]

Great. Thanks guys! I will continue to pry this off.


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[FF LC FREAK]

If you haven't already, I highly recommend watching Pin_Head's carb rebuild videos on YouTube. It is time well spent! Here's the first one - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mJHc3YjwPQ.

 

[Cleg]

You will want to make new gaskets.
I tried to re-use these because they came off whole and everything looked nice & flat.
Air leaks past those 2 gaskets were making the engine run lean & miss with what felt like an ignition problem.

You can buy a roll of gasket stock like Felpro Karropack.
You may already be familiar with this trick but you can smear a light film of motor oil on the part, in this case, the spacer & block-print the shape onto the gasket material to make it easier to cut out.