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W113 Pagoda SL Group => Body, interior, paint, chrome, and cosmetic items => Topic started by: Shvegel on August 06, 2020, 18:27:52
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I am installing new carpet and the sewn vinyl binding around The shifter was really bothering me. I looked at the original with it’s vulcanized insert and decided to try swapping it over. I was able to pull the old one of without too much trouble so I recut the hole the shaved the fibers off the backing leaving a little longer fiber at the margin. I used some old vinyl top contact cement that had thickened up considerably for the glue being careful to really work it into the fibers on the margins. Now I just have to sit here and roll it down every few minutes until the glue dries.
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Pat,
I am looking to do the same thing you did with the carpet grommet. I originally had one in my car and for the life of me I cannot find it. I have been searching for years to try to find a used one and no luck. Any chance you can provide some dimensions of the profile of the gasket? Since no one makes these, I figured I would make a mold and cast my own.
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Now this would make a great article for Pagoda World!
Also a great hands-on, mold-it-yourself demonstration/presentation for PagodaFest....
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Frank,
The rubber is 1/2” Wide and follows the outline of the shifter. Profile should be visible in the photo. I have a couple idea to replicate it. I would most likely make a form out of UHMW polyethylene and use windshield urethane for the rubber. I am keeping some carpet scraps to play with if I get time. I think the hardest part would be making a mold realistic enough. As you can see from the photo is is a very wavy and uneven grommet almost like someone molded it by hand out of plaster in the manor of an old plaster molding the pulled a mold off of the plaster master. If you were to machine a mold it would be too nice and even and would be a dead giveaway that it was a reproduction.
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Pat,
I am looking to do the same thing you did with the carpet grommet. I originally had one in my car and for the life of me I cannot find it. I have been searching for years to try to find a used one and no luck. Any chance you can provide some dimensions of the profile of the gasket? Since no one makes these, I figured I would make a mold and cast my own.
This was also my long quest. I would be very interested in re-creation of this carpet finish for automatic.
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Pat,
Based on your photo of the grommet, I drew up this sketch of the cross section. Does this look close?
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Looks good!
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Frank,
There is no underside and there is no extra lip at the shifter. It just drops off the rise.
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Frank,
There is no underside and there is no extra lip at the shifter. It just drops off the rise.
If I get around to making a mold I thought adding the underside would help compress the upper (visible) portion over the carpet.
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If someone manages to replicate it, they have a customer here ;)
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I am in too!
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Drawing looks a little bit like a dog on a bone. ( I always did have an imagination. Probably why I bought a 5 speed - because I kept imagining it..... )