Based on your explanation, the bike is missing the gasket on the intake side of the phenolic spacer. It wouldn't seal on that side without using RTV. There was no gasket when I separated the carb from the intake. Is the normal gasket basically a cardboard-type material?

The last guy that owned the bike also stripped the threads out of the carb flange, so it's not like I can make things much worse.

Last Edited By: mancat May 12 13 12:15 PM. Edited 1 times.