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New rutland seal

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tember2
tember2 Posts: 4
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
I have finally replaced the seal on my 10 year old large with a rutalnd Fiberglass style. Installation was a breeze and everything looks fine. Going to fire up the egg tonight to cook chicken etc.... any gotcha's that I need to be aware of before I fire it up?? It is only on the bottom and the top was completely cleaned of the old gasket material.
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  • highpress
    highpress Posts: 694
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    no, i can't think of any. I just did mine a couple months ago? i hit the gasket with a torch all the way around to burn off any loose fibers then did like a 350-400* burn for a couple hours just to kind of break it in. Other than that i didn't do anything special...
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  • vidalia1
    vidalia1 Posts: 7,092
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    Agreed... :)
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
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    I waited 24 hrs. Don't know if that was necessary, but I had no problems.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • cookingdude555
    cookingdude555 Posts: 3,194
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    Can you get the Rutland gasket at any hardware store? What should I be looking for (part #, etc.)? Thanks.
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  • cookingdude555
    cookingdude555 Posts: 3,194
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    Is this it?:
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  • cookingdude555
    cookingdude555 Posts: 3,194
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    nope, after further research, I found this on the naked whiz site.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,888
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    BINGO! Now read TNW site and you just might get some more clues!
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
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    Right. Tape not rope. Try to find the bulk spool so you can buy per foot. About 80¢ around here. You want to use Permatex UltraCopper as the adhesive (auto parts store or auto section of hardware store).

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    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • tember2
    tember2 Posts: 4
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    thanks for the help - gasket/rope is installed and it sealed up the egg like a drum. I have two eggs and this one has not been used for a number of months - could not believe how much moisture it had retained. Black goo everywhere, had to clean it off this morning. Glad I decided to go ahead and burn the charcoal out and let it purge itself.
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