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Jul 1, 2018 | 05:29 PM

HVFDFIREFIGHTER1618

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Identification help

What is this glass bowl called on the carb? I am trying to look for a new gasket because it leaks. I can’t seem to find it because I don’t know what it’s called. I looes up fuel systems and carb parts.

Jul 1, 2018 | 05:33 PM

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Float Bowl gasket.

Jul 1, 2018 | 05:34 PM

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That would be the carburetor fuel bowl, or float bowl, depending on who you ask. Either description should be able to get you a bowl gasket.

Jul 1, 2018 | 06:31 PM

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How do I tell what engine I have? I know it’s a 6 cyclinder. 215? 223? I’m trying to find the right size oil filter.

Jul 1, 2018 | 10:17 PM

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That would be the 215. The 223 has the breather on the front of the valve cover.

Jul 1, 2018 | 10:55 PM

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Both the front breather and middle breather valve covers were used on 215 engines. The Jan. 1952 edition of the Chassis Catalog shows both. The easiest ways to tell a 215 from a 223 are by the distributor locations and by the shape of each exhaust manifold. Agree the pictured engine is a 215.

The Holley 1904 glass bowl gaskets are available in the rebuild kits available from Carpenter and others. Finding just the gaskets might be a challenge.

The cartridge oil filter (stock, not spin on) is a Fram CH6PL. Stu

Jul 1, 2018 | 11:54 PM

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Thank you.

if I unbolt the fuel pump and off to clean or replace, do I need to drain oil from engine first?

When changing the oil, what weight oil should I use and how much?