[T3] Pan Seal

[Brent Bottolfson]

On 5/1/11 8:00 PM, Bobsnotch at aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 5/1/2011 8:49:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> brent at bottolfson.net writes:
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> I've  been cleaning up a 73 pan this weekend and the pan gasket isn't
> much of a  gasket at all.  It's kind of like a rubbery plumbers putty and
> it  looks like there's was a foam strip along the front with it.  Really
> sticky and a pain to get off.  No nails in the pan at all.  I'm  guessing
> VW changed to this kind of seal at some point over the rubber  seal.
> Will a rubber seal be fine putting it back  together?
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> I had 1 come with the car, but the front corners didn't want to cooperate.
> I ended up using D-19 tape instead. I've used it before on a couple of
> cars, and  had no complaints. It's easier to set up the front corners with too.
> So far I've  separated 4 bodies and pans, it's not that big of a job.:^)
> I'm using  something similar to rebuild my air boxes with.
Is the D19 tape the same width as the rubber pan seal?  I've been 
looking online and haven't found much about it other than it's a butyl 
rubber sealing tape used for window seals.  Where do you buy it?