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Author:  RDJ [ Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:51 am ]
Post subject:  Gasket sealer for carb + other quetions
I will be putting my 2bbl maifold and Carter BBD within the next couple of days. Do you use any kind of gasket sealer on the carb base gasket? It is a Felpro 60188, about a 3/8? of an inch thick.

I have the Magnecor plug wires 6008 and an MSD Blaster 2 coil. The coil wire fits on the Blaster, but not very well. Anybody else have this problem? Did you do anything about it?

Just curious, in doing the HEI conversion, did you choose to bolt the HEI module to the fender, of did you use sheet metal screws, and where did you run your ground wire to.
Author:  SlantSixDan [ Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:15 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Gasket sealer for carb + other quetions
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I will be putting my 2bbl maifold and Carter BBD within the next couple of days. Do you use any kind of gasket sealer on the carb base gasket? It is a Felpro 60188, about a 3/8? of an inch thick.
Sometimes I smear a little(!) regular engine oil on the base gasket if I have no choice but to use the cruddy thick-cardboard type. If I have one of the better coated ones (black or shiny grey) I just install 'em bare.
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I have the Magnecor plug wires 6008
Good choice...I'm working with Magnecor to try and get the correct 1960-1974 slant-6 plug boots back into production, further bulletins as events warrant.
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and an MSD Blaster 2 coil. The coil wire fits on the Blaster, but not very well.
H'mmm. Where is the fit problem? Terminal doesn't fit in the coil tower? Boot doesn't fit over the coil tower?
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Just curious, in doing the HEI conversion, did you choose to bolt the HEI module to the fender
Atop a piece of ¼"-thick aluminum a little wider and taller than the module overall, yes.
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did you use sheet metal screws
No, machine screws with a nut on the backside of the inner fender
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and where did you run your ground wire to.
Alternator housing "GND" hole is a good place
Author:  RDJ [ Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Gasket sealer for carb + other quetions
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I will be putting my 2bbl maifold and Carter BBD within the next couple of days. Do you use any kind of gasket sealer on the carb base gasket? It is a Felpro 60188, about a 3/8? of an inch thick.
Sometimes I smear a little(!) regular engine oil on the base gasket if I have no choice but to use the cruddy thick-cardboard type. If I have one of the better coated ones (black or shiny grey) I just install 'em bare.

Do you have a manufacture/model# for ones you prefer?
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I have the Magnecor plug wires 6008
Good choice...I'm working with Magnecor to try and get the correct 1960-1974 slant-6 plug boots back into production, further bulletins as events warrant.
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and an MSD Blaster 2 coil. The coil wire fits on the Blaster, but not very well.
H'mmm. Where is the fit problem? Terminal doesn't fit in the coil tower? Boot doesn't fit over the coil tower?

The Blaster 2 seems to have a deeper well than the stock coil. So I shoved it on, but It likes to back out a little because the connection doesn't go all the way down to lock in tight, but it still gets a connection.
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Just curious, in doing the HEI conversion, did you choose to bolt the HEI module to the fender
Atop a piece of ¼"-thick aluminum a little wider and taller than the module overall, yes.

the metal place I got the aluminum from only had 3/8" thick. The more the merrier?
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did you use sheet metal screws
No, machine screws with a nut on the backside of the inner fender

Thanks.
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and where did you run your ground wire to.
Alternator housing "GND" hole is a good place
Thanks again!
Author:  SlantSixDan [ Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:50 am ]
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Those gaskets seem to change materials very frequently. I know Walker makes good coated ones, but not sure where to send you for a Walker gasket. I try to avoid the green or light grey "pressed paperboard" items if I can.

Coil wire fix is easy: Slide the coil boot up the wire (some silicone spray helps here), insert the terminal into the coil tower, then, while pinching the coil boot, slide it back down over the tower. Pinching the boot forces air out of it, otherwise you trap a bubble of air inside the boot and when it heats up, it can force the boot and/or wire off.

3/8" thick plate is just fine!
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