Taillight gasket

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Taillight gasket

Postby dinghyguy » Sun Aug 27, 2017 11:22 pm

Does anyone know how to soften and stretch a taillight gasket to make it fit properly?? Warm water is not enough

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Re: Taillight gasket

Postby DieselSpider » Sun Aug 27, 2017 11:35 pm

Old steam iron on the steam setting with the gasket under a lint free shop towel. I also soften vinyl flooring that way to may it easier to removed or to soften the glue where its bubbled and press it back down without burning the flooring.

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Re: Taillight gasket

Postby dinghyguy » Sun Aug 27, 2017 11:52 pm

Thanks
I will try that, does it stay stretched?

This came about because I cleaned the lenses in the sink and also drilled out al the rivets on the taillight boards and cleaned, tinned and soldered the bulb housings to the board. Anywhere between 2 and 5 ohm reduction in resistance along the board paths. All are less than 1 ohm now. One more electrical task done.

Then I went to put the lenses back on and no way would the gaskets stay in position

Next is the ignition switch rebuild and brown wire install

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