I am the Rochester guy but going to be installing Carter in my buddys Caddy… and have a question regarding the steel shim…

Should I apply the gas resistant sealant or another gasket instead???

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I use gasket sealant #2

Mack 

Just use  all the recommended gaskets under the Carter carb ——no sealant needed 

The aluminum gasket is required with the stock Carter for the engine to run correctly —- covers an air hole of some kind in the bottom of that carb 

Enjoy 

You must use sealant, otherwise you will have a vacuum leak. Even the shop manual mentions using a cement. Todays sealants are much better than the older stuff. 

Hey Russ 

I can only say that I have never used a sealant myself  on my stock Carter  carb base gaskets with no vacuum leaking issues
I do now have an Edelbrock 1406 but the base gaskets are still the same as those used for the stock Carter in my case 

That is why I responded as I did 

Enjoy v

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