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08-06-2022, 06:32 PM
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261 engine/distributor gasket?
I have the 1959 261 engine in my 53 pickup. The truck has a Vertex magnet that I just had tested/refurbished. When I removed it from the engine, there wasn't a cork gasket between the magneto/distributor hold down bracket and the block, although there is an indention on both the block and the bracket for what looks like one.
Has anyone found this elusive gasket?
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08-07-2022, 10:37 PM
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Re: 261 engine distributor gasket?
I took out my calipers today and measured both the outer and inner dimensions of the hole for the distributor/magneto that are in the block to support some kind of gasket.
The outside dimension is 1 1/4 inches and the inside dimension is 1 1/16 inches, which is the diameter I measure on an old distributor shaft. Now to find a cork gasket of this size......
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