[DeTomaso] [Fordnatics] sbf oil pump base-gasket, do i need one?

[Sean Korb]

Pretty sure you do.  I think it's the same gasket as for the pickup.


On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 7:34 PM, Peter Russell <pcrussell50 at gmail.com>wrote:

> i just took this motor apart last week and i don't recall seeing a
> base gasket underneath the oill pump where it bolts to the block.
> then i go today to both vatozone and a carquest dealer and the both
> had pickup tube-to-pump gaskets, but no listing for pump-to-block
> gaskets.  so that's two hints that maybe there is no pump-to-block
> gasket required.
>
> BUT
>
> My old Tom Monroe book, "How to Rebuild Small Block Ford Engines" says
> to use an oil pump base gasket.
>
> Sooo, getting close to buttoning this sucker up.  Do I need one or not?
>
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