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Jericho: We had a '48 "A" when I was growing up, and I had the fanshaft off of that thing more times than I care to remember... You say fanshaft gasket. Do you mean the one at the base of the fanshaft at the governor housing ? You know that's really a series of paper shims that are used to set the mesh of the fanshaft and governor bevel gear, right ? It's not really a gasket, but I guess it functions to hold oil back. If you have to replace this stuff, you'll want to mike the old shim pack and replace them with the proper amount of new material. You could even measure the endplay of the governor shaft from the distributor end so you have a reference point to match and meet the old clearnace with your new shims. You can make it is as complicated as you want. It's been a long time so forgive my old memory, but I think you can get it out of there without removing the radiator, or even moving it forward. You just have to be careful you don't slam it forward, as the end of the fan shaft will ding the tubes. Put a small piece of formica or something like that on the radiator fins to protect them from a potential mishap. If the bolts are free in the radiator, taking them out and sliding it forward would certainly make the job go easier. So, you need to remove the carb intake pipe, generator/regulator, hood/tank unit, probably the carburetor, remove the two bolts that hold the fan shaft support together, three bolts at the governor housing end, maybe the fan shroud, oh, and the ventilator pipe from the valve cover to the fanshaft. Hope that helps ! Frank-in-Tallahassee
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