3.6 firestone gas spraying out of reed plate solved.

[ronboonville]

Recently in a post I said gas sprayed out of what I called the intake manifold, which is the reed valve. It was the second gasket that had a chunk missing. and the reeds were not aligned right. they were at a slight down angle. when holding up to the light I could see a gap at the top reed. therefor directing the gas sprayed in upward thru the bad part of the gasket. might be why I could kinda keep it running with my thumb over intake, duh...
Also big thanks to F_R for the info provided on my sea king.