gasket between intake and air cleaner bottom.

When I bought my M1009 it had a gasket- a ring that sat on the intake and the air cleaner base nested on it. It had what looked about like rabbit cage screen (3/ mesh across it. Presumably to keep stuff from falling into the intake. Had my fuel injection worked on and it disappeared.

Was this screen standard?

I just looked it up in the -34P. No such screen existed in the manual.

Page 17-1 of the -34P Technical Manual shows the gasket which they call a Grommet nonmetallic with part number 15530620. It doesn’t show the screen you mentioned. I have 5 CUCV trucks, 14 6.2 or 6.5 engine and none of them have that screen. I don’t recall seeing it on other trucks either.

I did think it was funny the TM shows the EGR intake manifold. They must have made the manual before the J code engine was approved or finalized.

Dang. Beat me by 7 minutes and with pictures. Don’t watch football and try posting at the same time. It slows you down.