Well I put my new JBM carb boots on today and used a sheet of Mr Gasket 1/16" material and made my own gaskets. Low and behold, they're not sealing. I used the stiff paper type gasket sheet, almost cardboard like. Are you guys that are making your own gaskets using the cork/rubber type or the kind I just described? The only thing I did find is that the longer it ran the worse the leak got. I pulled the carbs off and the boot bolts were not as tight as I had snugged them down initially. I'm assuming the gaskets compressed. I tightened them back up and was gonna try it again tomorrow evening to see if they compressed anymore. If all else fails, I'll just have to order a set of gaskets. Oh, and I put one of the manifolds on without the gasket and it definitely needs one. I can seen light between it and the head without the gasket.
Any suggestions? Comments? etc? BTW, JBM is an awesome company. Sorry not sure how the "thumbs up" got on my title???
Thanks,
bpd106
Any suggestions? Comments? etc? BTW, JBM is an awesome company. Sorry not sure how the "thumbs up" got on my title???
Thanks,
bpd106