Petal floor pan question

[Ken Bartz]

I am working on a 1952 Plymouth and have replaced the petal floor pan. What should I use for a gasket around the opening? What is a source of the clutch and brake pedal draft seals? I thought of making one but was stuck for what material to use. Thank you for your help?

[Young Ed]

On my p15 I used this self adhesive foam stuff thats meant to go under a pickup topper. I think Don C and probably others have used the same stuff. It comes in a roll and is about an inch wide.

[Plymouthy Adams]

I use a item we refer to as dum-dum..it is a non hardening putty that was make by 3M..seals watertight yet can be removed at a later date..

[Ken Bartz]

What a great idea, Ed. I'll go to get some tomorrow.

What good ideas are there for the petal draft shields?

[norrism1]

Ken, Maybe you could use rubber boots for stick shift for the pedal seals. They have a small diameter hole and corregated (sp?) to allow compression against the opening.

[aero3113]

I used a weather seal form Home Depot that had adhesive on one side.

Edited March 8, 2011 by aero3113

[BobT-47P15]

For brake and clutch pedal draft seals, I used some rubber washers from

Lowe's Home Center.....kept in a bin section of the hardware area.

Remove rubber pedal pad.......slipped (two for strength, one after the other) rubber

washers over the shaft......

gently pushed them (one at a time) thru

the hole in the floor with a screwdriver.....they

are held in place by the ridge around the shaft under the floor.

The hole is open when pedal is pushed down, otherwise closed and

sealed during driving.