Aftermarket 800/900 manifold part II

I wrote last week about the fit of my new repro manifold on my 55 960. Here are the pics. Notice the flange size difference between the new manifold and the original carb. it will still work, just looks awkward. Notice the height difference where the carb connects to the air cleaner tube. The carb needs to be spaced about .750 inches lower to mate properly. I have designed a spacer and am awaiting a quote from one company for the spacer. Notice the bow in the choke rod caused by the higher carb positioning. One photo shows with tube off, and one with tube sort of connected but not correctly positioned.

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The paint is PPG DCC single stage acrylic urethane. Underneath is PPG DPLF Epoxy sealer primer. For the exact paint code for both colors, look at my restoration picture album via the link in this post. I have a couple pictures that clearly state the paint codes and mix formulas.

As far as making the manifold right, I think this manifold is made to replace more than one manifold from more than one year. So they made compromises in order to get enough sales volume to make investment in the tooling worth while. Otherwise, the volume of each version by themselves would be too small to justify the tooling cost. So I don"t blame them for that. I am surprised though that they don"t sell the spacer for my situation. I"m working on it though.

• My 960 tractor resto album