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| Is there suppose to be a gasket under the distributor? I just took mine out and there's not one there .. ? Thanks
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| No - it (the distributor) just seats down on the block surface and clamps in place. Any distance it sits above the deck decreases some engaged items below - and you would like them to be as fully engaged as possible.
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| Thanks Steve, been a long time since I've had the distributor out of a Y block. I had forgot ... Summit told me there was one with the manifold gaskets but there wasn't one there .. Thanks again ...
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| | You might try some sort of paste or moly lubricant as an "anti-seize" around the upper bore - but it needs to not have aluminum solids in it (if you ask me). Maybe some of the caliper grease I use as my all purpose high temp sticky lubricant? Anyway - the dumb things do get stuck when they are old dry and corroded.
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| Steve,
Why no aluminum solids? Is that what makes anti-seize silver?
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| Mine came out fine. I just thought there should be a gasket there to keep oil from coming from the valley and running down the back of the motor. Guess not. I think a SBC had gasket but it may not have, don't remember. Now I've got to feed new plug wires through the wire holders. Looks like fun but I've got a plan .. 
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| | nah, guys.....mechanic's "never-sieze" is usually zinc rich or copper rich (the solids) - but a fellow told me he had some aluminum "paint" he was using as a spray on thread coating! Aluminum oxide is a principle component of sandpaper the last time I looked and I couldn't imagine letting it get loose in an engine cavity. Apparently on the planet he grew up on - silver stuff is "antiseize" no matter what the chemical make up.
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| Steve,you're probably right about not wanting aluminum oxide in an engine,but as an aside,back in the 40's and 50's my Dad was very good at souping up Minneapolis-Moline tractors.At that time the only way he could hold head gaskets was a liberal coat of aluminum paint.It didn't seem to hurt those engines,but they ran a lot looser tolerances and a lot less RPM's than our cars.
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