no metering plate

Totally missed Rusty's rebuild post pics (that was a nasty gasket!) outside this thread. That would have cleared things up, for me at least. You can link 'link' pics too. If rev.2's had them and rev.3's didnt, maybe they got rid of them as time went on, you know save a nickle over 10k pieces. I never seen one but I didnt really dabble in 4160s all that much. I remember pulling a swap meet holley apart and the block gaskets dried and puckered 1/4 inch in everywhere a screw was not holding it in. Looked sort of like a Star of David.