I drove the car into work today since I knew it was going to be slow, it was nice, traffic was very light, and our lead service tech was in. He's a dirt track racer and had been giVing me a hard time for rebuilding the carb myself and not being able to make it work right for about 6 weeks.
So this afternoon I pulled it into the shop and we dug in. 5 minutes later he said I had a vacuum leak. I knew the carb wasn't leaking and to prove it I took it off. We looked it over and didn't see anything. Then he pulled the spacer off and we immediately saw gas on the gasket. The gaskets are both pretty thin so anything less than absolute flat and it's going to leak.
So I'm on the hunt for new gaskets.
I have a thin one that came with the Holley rebuild kit. Can I double it up? I also have one for the intake to adapter that has a square opening but it's nice and thick. Can I use that even though it'll be sandwiched between two pieces with bores?
If I can do both of those my hunt is over. If not I'll be shopping tomorrow morning.
Oh and he admitted I did a good job rebuilding and adjusting the carb.
