[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:
>
>
>
> I’m guessing the gaskets are about 3/8” wide. This seals only the back 3/8” of the original paper air filter.
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> Ron Fraser
>
>
> 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
>
>
> Ron,
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
>
> On Monday, 3 October 2022, Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com mailto:rfraser at bluefrog.com > wrote:
>
> > >
> > 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:
> >
> > > > >
> > > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > On Sep 28, 2022, at 7:14 AM, Stu <sabre2tgr at gmail.com mailto:sabre2tgr at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > >
> > > > 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:
> > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > 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
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > >
> > > > tigers at autox.team.net mailto:tigers at autox.team.net
> > > >
> > > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> > > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers http://autox.team.net/archive
> > > >
> > > > Unsubscribe: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/jim@island.net
> > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards
> >
> > Michael King
> >
> > >
>
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Michael King
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> tigers at autox.team.net
>
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers http://autox.team.net/archive
>
> Unsubscribe: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/garywinblad@comcast.net
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/tigers/attachments/20221003/9561598f/attachment-0001.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image002.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 28664 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/tigers/attachments/20221003/9561598f/attachment-0001.jpg>
More information about the Tigers
mailing list