Re: KPack's 1954 Panama

Posted by BigKev On 2021/3/9 10:11:39

Did you use the liquid dish soap? I put it in the grove where the pinch weld sits as well as all over the pinch weld itself. It also depends I think on which direction your pulling the wire from, as I think the gasket can stretch and shift a forward of where you are pulling the wire and this can cause extra gasket to be pushed more to one side and bunch up a bit. Not if you've tried it both ways start on different sides first, and that one corner is still impossible, then yes, perhaps the pinch weld there is too deep.

Once I had it over the pinch weld the whole thing was a bit "loosey-goosey" from and a forward and back perspective until I had the lock strip in. Use that time to slide the gasket side to side as needed so it is even and not stretch or bunched anywhere before putting in that lock strip.

Once again, liquid dish soap. I use the soap right out of the bottle (undiluted) as it then tends to stay in the place better vs just dripping all over the firewall and floor.

I also didn't have my dash in during this, which made this entire process 100x easier, especially when you get to drilling through the gasket for the trim fasteners. Which to me is the most nerve-racking of the entire process. A dry erase marker helps here, more on that when you get to that point.