[Roadsters] SU air filter to carb gaskets /very rough idle

[D Riedel]

I started my 2000 SU the other day after it's winter break and it ran so
rough I thought it might bounce off the mounts.  As I peered around the
carb area hoping to spot something odd (maybe a leaky hose causing a vacuum
leak?), I noticed that I don't have gaskets between the air filter housing
and the carbs.  Yikes.  First of all, I really wonder how this has been
affecting things all along, but second I'm wondering how I might start
correcting the rough idle.  Since the car has never had these gaskets since
I've owned it, whatever is currently happening isn't exactly related (that
is, it ran fairly smoothly last year).

Any thoughts on 1) the missing gaskets, and 2) a process of elimination to
smooth out the idle.

Thanks everyone,

-- 
Dave Riedel
'69 2000
Victoria, BC
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