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toolbox · 08-02-2007, 06:36 AM

Speaking of water necks...
Learned something new the other day. The t-stat gasket on my 394 was leaking, and since I wanted to replace the temp sender with a NOS unit I had, I decided to just do them both at the same time. I ran down to the local Napa, and asked for the gasket. They said the book listed a part number for the 371 gasket, but all they list for the 394 was a sheet of gasket material you cut your own from

. Weird. I always thought the water necks on them should be the same. I bought both the pre-cut gasket and the sheet of material to see what would work.

Sure enough, when I got it apart I found the 371 gasket was too small

. Ended up cutting my own from the sheet of gasket material. It was interesting...I'd always thought they'd be the same, but the difference was pretty big. Weird.

08-02-2007, 06:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
toolbox Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 37	Speaking of water necks... Learned something new the other day. The t-stat gasket on my 394 was leaking, and since I wanted to replace the temp sender with a NOS unit I had, I decided to just do them both at the same time. I ran down to the local Napa, and asked for the gasket. They said the book listed a part number for the 371 gasket, but all they list for the 394 was a sheet of gasket material you cut your own from . Weird. I always thought the water necks on them should be the same. I bought both the pre-cut gasket and the sheet of material to see what would work. Sure enough, when I got it apart I found the 371 gasket was too small . Ended up cutting my own from the sheet of gasket material. It was interesting...I'd always thought they'd be the same, but the difference was pretty big. Weird.