I'm thrilled.
Started it up for the first time tonight, and I put it in and hooked it all up myself.
Finally gave up with my solenoid trouble and went out and bought a new starter yesterday. (60 bucks with lifetime warranty) Now she turns right over
Hooked up the carbs and linkage and at first couldn't get it to fire and that was a downer. After some looking around found out I had the fuel pump wired backwards
Turn the key.. heard it fire a couple of times and then she comes to life... Freakin' loud without the muffler on

Anyways, I need to get some new gaskets for inbetween the heads and the carb manifolds. Is there anything specific I need to buy (size) ??
TIA.

contgrats!!

nope..Look for intake gaskets. Get the fiber ones not the dumb metal ones.

1.7 is four bolt so you'll obviously need the 1.7/1.8 type gasket. Thats about it.

b

i think mentioned that during the rambling discussions. i was positive when i heard gurgling at the gas tank when the key was turned on. i used the stock phelonic f.i. blocks under the intakes, hoping to prevent some of the heat soak.

k

Those gaskets are near new, and the phenolic part of them is still good. I say just clean off the paper gasket material, smear some RTV on them, and install them. You could go to the trouble of cutting new paper gaskets, but I don't think it's necessary. I'm pretty sure the paper gaskets are not available separately, and the assemblies are kinda pricey, for gaskets.

Alright, thats what I did, just took off the paper part.
What is RTV?

Room temperature vulcanizing sealant.. Fancy name for silicone.

the blocks are only $8.75 for the 1.7/1.8 and $12.75 for the 2.0 (from the bird). using rtv is a poor product application imho. if you should EVER have to pull the intakes, it's going to be a pita cleaning everything up just to reseal with the goop, and if for some chance they don't seal completely, repeat, repeat....using the blocks will push the intakes out/sideways a bit, but you can make up for this with a simple linkage adjustment. you don't need no stinkin rtv.

k

At 60 bucks for a "rebuilt" starter, you're gonna need that "lifetime" warranty. Good part about it is you'll become really good at starter R&R! The Cap'n

I disagree.. The old ones had no RTV. The paper gasket part had been sucked into the intake in several places, and left nice gaps which I could see the backfires (caused by the massive vacuum leaks) through. With paper gaskets or not, I use RTV now. Each side has 4 places for possible leaks, and that's too many to rely on the clamping pressure of 4 bolts.