Carter 4bbl base gasket question,steel plate?

Hi,i want to replace my carb base gasket on my `66 GS,my question is 1:where can i purchase one 2: do they require the steel plate on the base as the `67 GSs had?

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for Carmen Faso. yes need the steel part. Faso has them,
716 693 4090
How is the radiator/heat thing going? You figure that out yet? My 70 has some problems like that. dang annoying doing all the right things and still having the car heat up on you!

 

Thanks for the info Ted,as for the cooling,it seems to be running alot better ever since i changed to the Flowkooler waterpump,i`ve also ordered a 4 core which is suppost to be coming in this week from what they told me,so i am selling a Be Cool Aluminum radiator for 65-66 skylark gs`s in brand new shape,still in its box,if you know anyone interested let me know,what set up are you running in your car and its running hot?


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70 stage 1 is totally stock, only thing I did not test is the thermostat. I have to work on that some more. My wagon is a 455 built up a little, I used the v-6 radiator tanks and a "D" core 3 rows, 3/8th centers and it cools great. 3 core flows air through the fins a little better than a 4-core.

 

Carb Gasket....yes, it should have a thin stainless steel plate. Did you try local auto parts stores? Fel-pro list pn 9803, but dunno if it comes with the steel plate....
I tapped the holes in my intake and installed threaded plugs to close off those passages....They are often plugged with carbon deposits from normal use anyway....

My '66 Special runs hot too! I even installed a 4 row radiator....It doesn't make sense....

 

Thanks Walt,i ordered the stuff from Carmen this evening,i`m waiting for the 4 core should be in this week,so far with the Flowkooler she`s running alot better,i need to sell the Be Cool Radiator if you know of anyone interested.

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Walt,do you have the rear bumper fillers part #?


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the steel gasket goes first then the gasket and then the carb sits on top of that?or gasket then steel plate then carb?

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First the gasket, then the plate, and then the carb.:bglasses:

 

thanks Joe.:TU:

 

Same thing for a

Do I have to do the same thing for my 66 401?.....I am putting an Edlebrock 750 cfm on ito No: There wasn't one there when I took off the Carter, It just had the gasket and that was it.....uzzled: I did not see anything in the Manual about the steel plate!:error:
Don

 

I would think yea.

 

Re: Same thing for a

I don't know why it's not in the manuals, but it isn't.........back in the horse and buggy days when my Buick was only 10 years old, I didn't know about the shims until I got a rebuilt carb with one included in the box. I'll bet there's a service bulliten out there somewhere that indicates the information about this.:bglasses:

 

THATS IT! II HAVE HAD ENUFF!!!!!!!!!

Well Now I guess I have to let BUICK Know that I am the PROUD OWNER OF A 1965 Wildcat with a 1966 Motor:af: ........Jeeeshhhh......You would think they would keep track of these things!!!!!!!!!!!!!:spank: I will sit down with he Boss and let him know that there is a group of us that need to be kept up on things and that they need to start filling the shelves with the parts that we need also!!!!
The Nerve of these people!o No: .....What do they think that we just throw away a Good car?:shock: . I will keep you posted when they set up a meeting with me and the Head of GM AND BUICK!!!!!!!! I"LL LET THEM HAVE IT..:blast:
I will let them know "WE" HAVE NEEDS".......And That WE CAN'T wait that long........We wake up every morning with this desire and at least every 15 minutes we are in a state of desire.......We go to sleep thinking about it........Then to top it all off We have to beg for other yearnings......BUICK AND WOMEN Need to better understand us......(well not all women):jd: okay I am done ranting:rant: ..........
Signed a 45 year old man going thru Buick puberty and the same old thing with the wife...funny how the two are parallel......makes ya say Hummmmmm