<VV> Installing a LM Engine Perimiter Rubber Seal

[Arlette Pat & Carl Kelsen]

G’day everyone,
Thanks to the helpful advice that I receive from Virtualvair subscribers, I now have the completely restored drive train installed back into our RHD ‘65 Monza convertible.  But now I am facing the next challenge of installing the large perimiter rubber engine seal. Here is how I am attacking this task. Hopefully this is the best method.

Prior to Engine Installation I........
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Test fitted the perimiter seal to the engine itself to ensure that there would be enough length to fit around the full length of the engine tinware.
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Then removed the rubber seal from the engine and installed it to the car’s body (engine opening).

After Engine / Drive Train installation I.......
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Am currently ‘SLOWLY’ working my way around the engine in an attempt to get the rubber to ‘seat - fit - install’ correctly to engine tinware.

It has occurred to me that perhaps I should have installed the seal to the engine first before attaching it to the body, but I am not keen to undo the progress I have made to date. The corners seem to present the greatest difficulty and it’s anything but easy. Am I doing anything wrong? Or is this a task I just have to keep going on to achieve a good fit?

Any advice and or encouragement would be appreciated.

Happy New Year to everyone from Australia
Carl Kelsen
RHD 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza convertible
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia