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On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 12:18, David Sanderson wrote: > Hi Folks > > Well, yesterday I blew primer on the inside of the shell and engine > compartment. I put some pics on the website under painting. That was > pretty cool. Now I will blow the green colour that Matt wants and > then we'll attach the shell to the pan. Which brings me to my > question, do we glue the gasket to the pan and then glue the shell to > the pan/gasket or does it simply set the car on the pan/gasket? > Perhaps I should use seam sealer? What is the best solution to ensure > that the car remains water tight - a real concern here in the > pacific northwest. thanks. > In production, VW temperarily attached that gasket with tacks driven in between the bolt holes. But you might do it with weather strip adhesive. Just something to hold until the bolts are started. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~