Re: Anyone have a picture of the foam on the Shaker baseplate?
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Here's a couple of pics I took last year when I had my shaker apart. I don't know if they'll help. I've never replaced the foam your talking about in the 44 years I've owned the car. If you need a better pic, I can take it apart and get you one. I can also get a close-up if needed. Terry
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Re: Anyone have a picture of the foam on the Shaker baseplate?
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When the warm air door opens, it allows the warm air to enter the carb instead of the cold outside air. In the winter of 1973-74, I was stationed in upstate New York and the temperature got down like 15 deg below zero and I had left the Shaker cold air doors open. Needless to say, when I got up to about 50 mph, I started having problems but as soon as I hit the cable to open the warm air door, the problem with the gas freezing went away. I learned it really works. Terry "Cool" story.
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Re: Anyone have a picture of the foam on the Shaker baseplate?
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Great pictures as usual Terry! Thanks! You must have a Mopar parts MUSEUM up there. I had someone measure the lip it fits around so I have that dimension. Thats the black laser cut template in my picture. They also measured the thickness to be about .340" and the height to be about .860" Can you confirm Terry? Also I see the "molded in" (tongue in cheek) butt splice Scott spoke of Actually I'd bet it was a strip of material (low durometer EPDM foam rubber) that was butt spliced and glued to the baseplate with 3M weatherstrip adhesive. I remember the one I saw had a dimple in the front edge but I was told that was from the shaker top (?) pressing into it. That the dimple wasn't cut or molded in.
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Re: Anyone have a picture of the foam on the Shaker baseplate?
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Re: Anyone have a picture of the foam on the Shaker baseplate?
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In these two pics, you can see where the seal contacts the door assembly and the bolt for the ground strap presses into the foam gasket
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