Patrick wrote:
> The Rootes manual states that when replacing the air cleaners used with
> Stromberg CD carburettors (actually spelled this way in the manual) -
An acceptable English way of spelling it, listed as first spelling in the
Oxford concise dictionary. Remember they (and we Aussies) have a 'u' in
colour, boots instead of trunks, bonnets not hoods .......
> ." I do not have any such gaskets on my car. It seems like a minor
> and maybe not needed item. However, does anyone know of these gaskets?
> Maybe someone sells them? Or do people make them according to a pattern?
> Or does everyone end up ignoring or not having them? Does it matter?
Probably doesn't matter all that much, but it would save on metal to metal
contact and in the long term wear on the carby body. I'd suggest neatly
cutting some to shape from gasket paper or thin rubber.
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