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

[Sean Korb]

Whoops!  Wrong forum.  Popular topic, though.  Apologies for NPC.  List is
kind of quiet though.

http://forums.corral.net/forums/5-0-5-8-engine-tech/1352265-gasket-between-oil-pump-block.html



On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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