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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 08:34 PM
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I have a 70 with the original Rochester. The base of my air cleaner seems to be be interfering with the linkage. I have a gasket at on the air carb for the air cleaner and I have dimpled the bottom of the air cleaner base. The base is supposed to be an original 70.. Has anyone else experienced interferance problems?
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 07:31 AM
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if you have original air cleaner and original carb maybe you dont have the original linkage bracket. or maybe one of them isnt really original. sounds like you will just have to put your thinking cap on and change something.
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Tecdiverfl
I have a 70 with the original Rochester. The base of my air cleaner seems to be be interfering with the linkage. I have a gasket at on the air carb for the air cleaner and I have dimpled the bottom of the air cleaner base. The base is supposed to be an original 70.. Has anyone else experienced interferance problems?
I just bought a new aftermarked on Ebay who should be identic to the original, and have the same problem
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 06:39 PM
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There are a lot of aftermarket bases around that look like a GM base at a quick glance but have a different depth 'drop' and different size and shaped 'dimples'. Maybe that's your problem.
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