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Welcome to FordPinto.com, The home of the PCCA => General Help- Ask the Experts... => Topic started by: MitchiePinto on November 28, 2012, 03:44:44 PM
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I posted a thread on here about my car not staying running etc....
Maybe its the rubber 1" spacer?
1st its warped not by much but it wont hold a straight edge and its also hard as rock is this normal or should it be somewhat soft/flexible/sink in?
Everytime I take the carb off its soaked with fuel?
Already tried RTV slackening the spacer to manifold and using a thick paper gasket on top where it meets the carb with the same results.
Also tried bolting it down as tight as I could get it without the aluminum snapping.
I choice to use the rubber gasket because of the 4 cylinder vibrations.
Is it the spacer?
How about a 1" aluminum spacer on a 4 banger?
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I always use a Phenolic spacer. and use a gasket between the intake and the spacer and the between the spacer and the carb. phenolic wont warp, and it always runs a lot cooler than plastic and aluminum.
The fact that is soaked with fuel is not normal your carb may have a leak. what carb you have?
And the rubber gasket wont make a difference with the vibration....
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I'm using a 2150 MC, Ive tried two other carbs a 2100 and ford ranger 1bbl with same results
I also epoxied the tiny hole in the corner for the choke, because I'm running a manual choke not the stock vacuum one
Already tried paper gaskets between the intake and carb
I think since with these spacers you can see the in print of the carb you last had on and me trying on a 2150 when a 2100 was on there originally caused the imprint to get dissorted and made a big vacuum leak.
Whats best the spacers with the two holes or open ones with no throttle plate holes
and there expensive $80 for the average one from summitt
Also finding a rubber spacer seems impossible looks like only racerwalsh Carry's them
Il try a Phenolic spacer but first want to be sure that its the casue.