It’s time to install the rebuilt carburetor but I have a couple of questions I haven’t been able to find the answers to in my manuals, so I thought I’d ask here.
First, do the nuts that attach the carburetor bolts to the manifold go on the carburetor side, or he manifold side?
None of the illustrations I’ve seen clearly show how the carburetor is supposed to be bolted on.
Second, I don’t recollect that the gasket was glued on to the manifold. I kept the gasket I removed and there’s no sign of any sealer on it or the manifold.
Is his what Henry intended?
It doesn’t look like any sealer should be necessary, but as it’s dealing with gasoline fumes, maybe it does need a sealer.
I don’t know.
Thanks for any guidence.
Figure 426 on page 206 of the Ford manual show the nuts facing towards the rear of the car. My 1924 has the nuts facing forward and it works fine, so I don’t think it’s critical. I don’t use sealer on the gasket.
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Thank you for clearing this up!
I vote with Cudaman on both counts.
As kind of an addendum to the thread, years ago my mentor in things T Model told me to run a suitable loop of dental floss through a nut if dropping it would lead to a difficult recovery at best or a crisis at worst. By extension any scenario of potentially dropping something, say the ratcheting box end transmission band wrench into the transmission, the “something” has a loop from a boot lace attached.
Great idea! I can see this as a real advantage in many circumstances.