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T/A air cleaner seal all bent up. How to get it right> #866725 11/29/10 08:30 PM 11/29/10 08:30 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,596 Shopping @ HoBo Fright 340SIX OP Doc Flappergas's Evil Twin
340SIX OP Doc Flappergas's Evil Twin Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,596 Shopping @ HoBo Fright	I have a year one seal and it was packaged folded up like this one. Any hints on how it get it looking like it should? Look here [img]https://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee87/fast340six/sig%20pics/2840886-340SIX-1.jpg[/img] VP of the MPM in New Orleans 73 Dart Sport 340/ 70 challenger vert. That may still get built, If I live long enough

Re: T/A air cleaner seal all bent up. How to get it right> [Re: 340SIX] #866726 11/29/10 10:07 PM 11/29/10 10:07 PM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,059 NW/Indiana - Chi town ricomondo top fuel
ricomondo top fuel Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,059 NW/Indiana - Chi town	Maybe: Install the seal on the base, and set it out in the sun. or Install the seal on the base and run a hair dryer around it or maybe soak the seal in some warm water and install it on the base, and let it dry? Other than that, I got nuttin... GY3 71 Demon 340

Re: T/A air cleaner seal all bent up. How to get it right> [Re: ricomondo] #866727 11/29/10 10:24 PM 11/29/10 10:24 PM
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Golden-Arm I Live Here Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 10,570 Sunny South Florida	maybe get some 1X2 firring strips, and build a little jig in a square the same size as the baseplate mount, with rounded corners, and stretch the gasket over it, and let it sit for a few days, somewhere warm, in the sun, etc. shouldnt take too long to relax the rubber, and get it into close to what you need for shape. "When Tyranny Becomes Law, Rebellion Becomes Duty"

Re: T/A air cleaner seal all bent up. How to get it right> [Re: 340SIX] #866728 11/30/10 12:18 PM 11/30/10 12:18 PM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,647 Houston Texas PAINT IT BLACK Got a CHIP on my shoulder
PAINT IT BLACK Got a CHIP on my shoulder Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,647 Houston Texas	Those seals are always bent up out of the box. I have about 10 on my shelf. I think the seal will be fine once you glue it on and leave it for a while. Glue it to the base and set the air cleaner base out in the hot sun for a while. If you don't want to chance it, another idea is to lay the seal out over a large round shop fan for a while. A hot sun always helps speed things up. Do you have the joint tape yet Kevin?

Re: T/A air cleaner seal all bent up. How to get it right> [Re: PAINT IT BLACK] #866729 11/30/10 02:34 PM 11/30/10 02:34 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 12,430 Warren, MI 71TA I Live Here
71TA I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 12,430 Warren, MI	"joint tape"

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