winstarman

1987 Base 2WD 22R - So I received a rebuilt carb from National Carburetor and got to work tonight pulling the old carb - everything went fine and I labeled everything I disconnected as well as where I disconnected it from - this should make hooking everything up easier.

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Question is this:
The new carb came with two different gaskets - but the existing carb did not have a gasket of any sort - just the rubber/plastic baseplate. Do I need to use a gasket or should I bolt it back up just the way it was? If I should use a gasket, which one should I use and what should the "layers" be?



Thanks in advance - any help greatly appreciated.

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superex87

Im pretty sure you use both gaskets. The slotted one goes between the rubber plate and the intake manifold and the non-slotted goes between the carb and the rubber plate.

winstarman

Should I be using RTV along with the gaskets?

winstarman

Bump? Ready to put it all back together tonight - RTV or no RTV with the gaskets?

winstarman

Thanks for the information. This was correct and for anyone else who comes across this I did not use RTV.

What threw me off was the fact that there were no gaskets in place when I pulled off the OEM carb.

slow-mo

The OEM base plate has the gasket material already attached as one assembly. When it's old, the gasket material is all blackened and doesn't look like anything remotely resembling a gasket.