[Tigers] Air Cleaner Gasket

GARY WINBLAD garywinblad at comcast.net
Mon Oct 3 16:48:43 MDT 2022


Ron,
Humm, not surprisingly I remembered wrong.  Though the drawing on the opposite side of
the cut looks like it is wider, or has a second wide permanent gasket?
Oh well, looks like the built in molded on gaskets were a real improvement.
Gary


>     On 10/03/2022 1:35 PM Ron Fraser via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>     I’m guessing the gaskets are about 3/8” wide.   This seals only the back 3/8” of the original paper air filter.
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>     I believe the original filter is 1” wide.   The rest of the air filter is open to air flow.
> 
>     See picture below from Work Shop Manual Section C – pg. 27 – diagram is clearer in the Manual.
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> 
>     Ron Fraser
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> 
>     From: michael king <michael.s.king at gmail.com>
>     Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 12:18 PM
>     To: Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com>
>     Cc: Jim <jim at island.net>; Tiger Net <Tigers at autox.team.net>
>     Subject: Re: [Tigers] Air Cleaner Gasket
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> 
>     Ron,
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> 
>     I thought the gaskets were there for a better seal to stop dust etc getting past the accordion folds of the paper AC filters. Most modern filters ( like even 1970s) have a rubber gasket top and bottom to seal the filter to the housing.
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>     On Monday, 3 October 2022, Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com mailto:rfraser at bluefrog.com > wrote:
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>         > > 
> >         Mike
> > 
> >         Here is a picture Jim sent
> > 
> > 
> >         It would be nice to know the width, thickness and material used for that gasket.
> > 
> > 
> >         I thought it was interesting that the air filter cantilevers on the 2 gaskets so more filter area is exposed for more CFM.
> > 
> > 
> >         Ron Fraser
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >         From: Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net > On Behalf Of michael king
> >         Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 10:08 AM
> >         To: Jim <jim at island.net mailto:jim at island.net >
> >         Cc: Tiger Net <Tigers at autox.team.net mailto:Tigers at autox.team.net >
> >         Subject: Re: [Tigers] Air Cleaner Gasket
> > 
> > 
> >         Jim you mean a gasket in the recess where the air filter element seats? 
> > 
> >         There were originally flat oval gaskets in the recess that the paper AC element would sit into... I dont believe they should have been glued in though.
> > 
> > 
> >         On Thursday, 29 September 2022, Jim via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net mailto:tigers at autox.team.net > wrote:
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> >             > > > 
> > >             On the air cleaner topic, my air cleaner had a flat gasket glued inside the housing on both top top and bottom halves. Assuming this is stock ??
> > > 
> > > 
> > >             Jim 
> > > 
> > >             B382000446LRXFE
> > > 
> > >             Sent from my ShoePhone
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> > > 
> > > 
> > >                 > > > > 
> > > >                 On Sep 28, 2022, at 7:14 AM, Stu <sabre2tgr at gmail.com mailto:sabre2tgr at gmail.com > wrote:
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> > > >             > > > 
> > >                 > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >                 The local O'Reilly received the Fel-Pro 60032 gasket this morning and it fits perfectly.  Thanks for the help, guys.
> > > > 
> > > >                  
> > > > 
> > > >                 Stu
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >                 On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 1:09 PM Stu <sabre2tgr at gmail.com mailto:sabre2tgr at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > > 
> > > >                     > > > > > 
> > > > >                     Thanks, guys.  I ordered the Fel-Pro part from O'Reilly and it should be at their nearest store tomorrow.  
> > > > > 
> > > > >                      
> > > > > 
> > > > >                     Stu
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > >                     On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 12:04 PM Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com mailto:rfraser at bluefrog.com > wrote:
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> > > > >                         > > > > > > 
> > > > > >                         Stu
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >                         C3AZ-9654-B      Carb to air cleaner gasket
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >                         GASKET, CARBURETOR TO AIR CLEANER - #9654-2 - National Parts Depot (npdlink.com) https://www.npdlink.com/product/gasket-carburetor-to-air-cleaner/107274
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >                         Ron Fraser
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >                         From: Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net > On Behalf Of Stu via Tigers
> > > > > >                         Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 10:44 AM
> > > > > >                         To: Tiger Net <Tigers at autox.team.net mailto:Tigers at autox.team.net >
> > > > > >                         Subject: [Tigers] Air Cleaner Gasket
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >                         Does anyone have a good part number/source for the 5 inch gasket that goes between the stock air cleaner and the stock 2 barrel carb?  It's got to be standard old Ford stuff, somewhere.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >                          
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >                         Thanks,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >                          
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >                         Stu Brennan
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >                     > > > > > 
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> >         --
> >         Regards
> > 
> >         Michael King
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>     Michael King
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