Fuel door rubber available at W&N

[zinz]

Some of y'all might have seen this email blast today...

Rubber fuel filler surround is available from Walloth at a special introductory price of 49.95 euro.

https://www.wallothnesch.com/en/newsletter/dichtung-fuer-tankeinfuellstutzen.html

Now... if anyone has any tips/tricks in installing this. When I removed mine before paint, I knew it would be a challenge to reinstall it. ....lots of patience will be required to keep from scratching the exterior paint.

Ed

 

[JFENG]

Great news. These were nla for a while.
Some of us hoarded good condition used examples for future repaint work. As long as yours is not cracked and torn you can rejuvenate it and make it soft/pliable again with Alcohol & oil of wintergreen.

 

[zinz]

you can rejuvenate it and make it soft/pliable again with Alcohol & oil of wintergreen.

Rubber can be rejuvenated with alcohol? Does the alcohol pull the oil of wintergreen into the rubber?

interesting....

 

[Markos]

Rubber can be rejuvenated with alcohol? Does the alcohol pull the oil of wintergreen into the rubber?

interesting....

There is a youtube video for everything:

 

[zinz]

What's it look like a couple years from now... I wonder?

 

[JFENG]

I don't know how long the effect lasts. I did this with some tail light gaskets for an early Giulietta. The gaskets were 61 years old, really.
24 hours in the solution turned the gaskets from rock hard to flexible and elastic. They did tighten up slightly after a week (alcohol and excess oil coming back out of the rubber).
That was 6 months ago. They are as flexible as they were 1 week out of the soak. But the Alfa lives in a trailer and shop and only sees direct sunlight for a couple hours a month. I would think that for cars like ours, this treatment would hold up for a very long time. The only side effect is the fragrance...

 

[JFENG]

Oh, and wintergreen oil is pretty expensive from homeopathic stores. It can be found cheaply from places that sell medicines and supplements for horses.