I thought what Dana Morphew meant was that "IT TAKES" a gasket, not that "IT
NEEDS" a gasket.
In other words, if you put a gasket in you're a fool.

Entity Michael Snow spoke thus:

> I could be wrong, but neither Bentley nor ETKA show a gasket that I can see.
> How could you accureately set the pump gear end-play with a gasket between
> the block and oil pump as an added variable?
>
> Mike Snow
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
>> Of Dana Morphew
>> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 9:13 AM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
>>
>>
>> Yep, it takes a gasket.
>> -Dana-
>>
>>> As long as we are on the subject, does a gasket go between the pump and
>>> block?