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1973 MX250 Air box seal

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I see this part is not available anywhere online, Ebay or anyplace. It seems like it just doesn't exist anymore. Is there a chance that any of you guys happen to have this part intact on your bike so I can get a description, if not a picture of the piece all by itself? I would like to try to mimic something to make it work for my motorcycle. 

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I'm having a hard time getting my pictures to even show up in imigur. I don't know if this link is going to work at all.

My verbal description of it is there is a seal for the top of the air box along with a part called "Patch".

Again I was hoping one of you guys might have something like that. The seal that goes over top of the air box of a 1973 MX250 
I picture it being a very coarse very breathable foam and this piece called the patch is like a strap that keeps it in place but it's got screws in it somehow or something.
Thanks so much! 
 
1973 MX250
Past rides 45 years ago (and longer)
1964 Honda 50cc C110
1960s Yamaha 65cc scooter
1960s Honda 65cc w/ 90cc engine mashup
1971 DT1-E modified to MX kinda...
Last edit: 19 Jan 2026 20:43 by hackman101. Reason: Added another link
19 Jan 2026 20:37 #1

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Replied by pabdt on topic 1973 MX250 Air box seal

not the part I see on partzilla. the part they list is on ebay though.
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Replied by hackman101 on topic 1973 MX250 Air box seal

I've seen one on Ebay as well. At least it was advertised to be the very same part number but the seal was on the side of the box, not the top of the box. On mine I don't have that seal at the side, at least not on the illustration that I was trying to link. The seal that's on the Ebay version is directly underneath the side cover but my side cover (like it's illustrated in the Partzilla picture) has a foam gasket on the side cover that seals  the opening of the air box in the same fashion that the seal in the Ebay picture does. The eBay version seems like a different arrangement totally when it comes to sealing the box. It looks like it's for a later model or something. 
 It does look like they're selling the whole air box, just happens to have that odd part included with it also.
It seems I can't get the illustration in from Partzilla to show but it's in the 250MX Partzilla thing. Its a picture from that.I've seen one on Ebay as well. At least it was advertised to be the very same part number but the seal was on the side of the box, not the top of the box. On mine I don't have that seal at the side, at least not on the illustration that I was trying to link. 
Different seal

The seal Im looking for  
 
1973 MX250
Past rides 45 years ago (and longer)
1964 Honda 50cc C110
1960s Yamaha 65cc scooter
1960s Honda 65cc w/ 90cc engine mashup
1971 DT1-E modified to MX kinda...
Last edit: 19 Jan 2026 23:22 by hackman101. Reason: added info
19 Jan 2026 23:14 #3

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