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Feb 25, 2008 | 04:16 PM

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rebc3

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do i have to install the gasket under the distributor?

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Feb 25, 2008 | 04:18 PM

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Yes or that oil will find a way out.

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Feb 25, 2008 | 04:27 PM

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Yes or that oil will find a way out.

thats the main reason it's there

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Feb 25, 2008 | 04:38 PM

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Yes or that oil will find a way out.

- and in a big hurry, too!

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Feb 25, 2008 | 04:42 PM

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Alan 71

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Reb,
NO!!! As long as you're willing to put a rag around the base of the distributor to absorb the oil that leaks out. Just a little joke?!* You got the good answers already.
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Alan

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Feb 25, 2008 | 07:42 PM

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one of the cheapest gaskets you will ever buy, and yes you need it or you'll leak

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Feb 26, 2008 | 05:53 PM

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ok. i was worried about gear mesh.

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