Please help!! Vacuum leak issue

[james334]

Hello!! New here, but i am having issues with my vacuum seal. My Jeep is a CJ7 with a Holly Carb. I did the trick with the carb cleaner and found this plate's gasket to be compromised. I am not the first owner so i have no idea what this part did or does. Can anyone point me in the right direction on what it is? Or if i am missing something vital. Thank you!

 

[Torxhead]

If you have a bad gasket there, you could go to the auto parts and buy some gasket material to make your own gasket.

 

[Posi]

The two holes are for choke heater tubes that have long broken off.
No longer needed for your setup.
Seal it as Torx mentioned or loop one piece of metal tube in both holes.

 

[james334]

UPDATE: Well the bold broke off in the block and its claimed the lives of 2 EZ-outs. I've seen some things of a choke heater plate, so I'll be looking into that soon!

 

[Sixshooter]

I would get the other bolt out, take it off and weld the holes shut. If you cant weld them shut, you can tap them and put short bolts in with RTV on them. If you can't tap them, just fill them with RTV. Then RTV the cover back on. If you put the one bolt in, you should be fine. It will be sealed and the RTV will hold it in place on the other side. It does not take any forces. Also, if you hook up a ground and a ignition hot to the choke on the carb, the choke should work, and it will run better when you start it cold.

 

[james334]

Intake manifold advice

UPDATE: Well the bolt ended up snapping the cast iron intake and now I'm having to look into a new intake manifold. However, I do not think i should be going into this decision blind... So any and all advice would be amazing! I do know that i want a 2 plane due to the fact I will be 4x4, and not racing, but I looked at where the carb bolts up to the manifold and the new ones seem to have 8 bolts as opposed to the 4 the OEM part has. Maybe as long as a gasket is still there it'll work? The questions like this is why I ask you fellow CJ's. Thank you for all of your help thus far!

 

[007]

Unless you "want" a new intake for some reason, just seal this thing off with whatever you can. If you can seal it you're done.