Joe; the TSM says no gasket but later manuals, such as Motors, mention this fact as a fatory install, meaning when the metal is clean and true. Through out the years that metal will get all nasty and may need surfacing. Or you will need to install a metal gasket to pick up the imperfections......Russ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ AMC-List mailing list AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list or go to http://www.amc-list.com