Re: Gas Smell '56 Caribbean

Posted by BH On 2008/7/16 22:26:49

Howard, you jogged a memory!

When I rebuilt the 4GC from my first '56 Patrician, the mechanic (not my dad) who was helping me pointed out that the gasket included in the rebuild kit was different than what we removed from the carb - apparently untouched in 66K of use. We were concerned that there might have been a mix-up in packaging the new kits - that the gasket was actually for some later version of the 4GC. I then ordered an NOS gasket from a Packard vendor, but it was cut the same as what was in the kit. So, we cut our own, to match the original, from paper gasket stock, and got the car back on the road.

A few years later, I was trying to eliminate a persistent stumble and (for reasons I cannot clearly recall), I decided to replace the gasket with one of the new ones - problem solved! There must have been some undocumented running change - at least by Rochester.

However, I never noticed a gas odor that would indicate a leak - before or after this change.