engine tin to body seal help req'd

Thinker Seriously Crusin Dubber

162 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 9 Jul 2009, 9:38 pm

#723179

i have just spent the last couple of hours trying to fit a new engine bay seal and still in the place as when i started (no seal inplace) the seal i purchased seems to be moulded wrong and no matter what i try it pops out of the channel any ideas would be great.

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1,473 posts · joined Dec 2007 · 9 Jul 2009, 9:42 pm

#723180

Try soaking it in boiling water to soften it up before trying to fit it 😉

Thinker Seriously Crusin Dubber

162 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 9 Jul 2009, 10:06 pm

#723189

tried that and it made it harder to put on because it was burning my hands ( ha ha ) and it made the lip even softer and popped out of the channel easier. i think it should be a straight piece of rubber so the rib can go around the curve but its a curve piece of rubber wuth the rid on the bottom of the curve if that makes sence. are the yall like that.

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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 9 Jul 2009, 10:06 pm

#723190

Thinker wrote:i have just spent the last couple of hours trying to fit a new engine bay seal and still in the place as when i started (no seal inplace) the seal i purchased seems to be moulded wrong and no matter what i try it pops out of the channel any ideas would be great.

I just use armorall on the rubber and slide it in...

the easiest way is to use the early beetle tinware seal
its just in a long strip...
with two strips of rubber coming off it.. l< like that
one strip goes above the tinware
and the other below it...
very easy to slide into place...

did you open the start of the channel to slide it in??

I find the late model rubber very difficult to fit...
unless you cut it into 3 pieces..
two sides and a back...

best of luck

LEE

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cb john Wolfsburg Wizard

470 posts · joined Jun 2007 · 9 Jul 2009, 10:09 pm

#723192

I'd say that you need to open the channel all the way and tap the lip back after seal is in the place...worked for me...

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 9 Jul 2009, 10:11 pm

#723193

you will need to open up the seal lip, both top and bottom sides..........

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 9 Jul 2009, 10:12 pm

#723194

ive always just sprayed the channel and rubber with WD40 and it pretty much falls in

Thinker Seriously Crusin Dubber

162 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 9 Jul 2009, 10:16 pm

#723196

68AutoBug wrote:
Thinker wrote:i have just spent the last couple of hours trying to fit a new engine bay seal and still in the place as when i started (no seal inplace) the seal i purchased seems to be moulded wrong and no matter what i try it pops out of the channel any ideas would be great.
I just use armorall on the rubber and slide it in...

the easiest way is to use the early beetle tinware seal
its just in a long strip...
with two strips of rubber coming off it.. l< like that
one strip goes above the tinware
and the other below it...
very easy to slide into place...

did you open the start of the channel to slide it in??

I find the late model rubber very difficult to fit...
unless you cut it into 3 pieces..
two sides and a back...

best of luck

LEE

i've got the late model seal and i sprayed it with silicon spray it go in nice but when i get to the curve of the seal it pops out of the channel on the bottom side. i've tried starting in the middle at ends on the bends. if it was a straight piece it would be easy. maybe i will be better of with the older style seal do work ok with newer tin.

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Thinker Seriously Crusin Dubber

162 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 9 Jul 2009, 10:20 pm

#723199

Joel wrote:ive always just sprayed the channel and rubber with WD40 and it pretty much falls in

is the seal straight or curved?

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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 9 Jul 2009, 10:35 pm

#723205

the curved one that runs all the way around the engine

Thinker Seriously Crusin Dubber

162 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 9 Jul 2009, 10:40 pm

#723208

Joel wrote:the curved one that runs all the way around the engine

yes the curved one that runs all the way round but was the seal curved before you put it in.

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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 9 Jul 2009, 10:44 pm

#723209

yeah sort of
if u sit it on the ground it keeps it shape but u can hold it straight

u can see it laying on the ground in this pic

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Thinker Seriously Crusin Dubber

162 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 9 Jul 2009, 10:51 pm

#723211

yeah that what it looks like but the lip that gos in the channel on yours seal seems to be on the outside of the curve which is what i would expect but if i was to laty my seal with yours the lip that gos in the channel would be sitting on the concrete.

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