Hey guys! I dont have my manual in front of me right now and my friend and i are trying to figure if the heat stove for a 72 olds 350 gets a gasket or if it gows directly on the metal? There wasnt one when i removed it, at least it didnt look like there was one. I guess theres nothing really to leak in or out so maybe theres no gasket???
Thanks!
Chris

 

If we are talking about the plate that bolts to the intake on the passenger side of the carb. then yes, it takes a gasket. Check any local parts store for availability.

 

Thanks Scott! Much appreciated!
Chris

 

That is open to the exhaust crossover, so yes. It needs to be pretty strong, too, because the plate holding the tubes tends to distort so it doesn't hold down the thin sections on the sides very well. Backfires out the exhaust don't help either.
My 350 would blow out the outside thin strip within a week of installing a new gasket. Adds a nice rumble to the underhood sound, or that's what I told myself.

For my warped setup I ended up cutting my own gasket from thin fiber material, then using a "shim" gasket just around the inside (not the bolts), all slathered with copper RTV. That held for quite a while. I *think* Felpro makes a metal/fiber gasket like their exhaust manifold gaskets. Maybe check the parts list on their engine rebuild sets. It should be in there.

 

Felpro PN 72586

 

Oddball and 70 post thanks so much!