Gasket needed between block and PAS bracket?

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25-04-2018, 01:05 PM

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Gasket needed between block and PAS bracket?

Putting my engine back together, not done one of there’s for about 10 years, do I need a gasket between the pas bracket and the block, I’m thinking yes??? (2WD)

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25-04-2018, 02:03 PM

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My answer would be no BUT if you look behind that braket (two big posts) there is the old Pinto fuel pump take off, some blocks are blanked and others need a plate over that oval shaped bit with 2 bolt holes....my last 200 block had a plate over there and that DID have a gasket...I am sure a smear of make your own gasket sealer would be fine.

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25-04-2018, 02:43 PM

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Gasket sealer will be fine. But if you really wanna gasket then Burton's will sell a pinto fuel pump gasket.

job done either way.

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25-04-2018, 02:52 PM

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Thanks for the replies, I shall seal it up just in case. You’ve jogged my memory about the fuel pump, I was wondering what it was for, knew it was some sort of casting design left in that was redundant in cossies.

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