[drolston]

I had a slight oil leak around the base of the fuel pump stand before I pulled the engine for overhaul. The ears on the fuel pump stand were bent down a little because the breather pipe was not down flush to the manifold. The shop filed the base of the stand back to level. On reassembly I had to shape and grind the bottom of the breather pipe to get it to go down flush on the manifold. I put on a new thin gasket before installing the breather pipe, and then one on top. Then tightened the pump stand down, going back and forth between sides to barely wrist tight. No slack in the push rod, no bent base, and no oil weep.

One more thing; studs in the manifold make installation a lot easier than cap screws.