Fire Wall Grommet

BILLF/TRF

Senior Member
Is there a trick to placing the fuel shut-off valve grommet through the firewall of my '31 tudor sedan. Would liquid soap help?
 
With the tank already installed --or without?

While it is a bear, the best way I have found is to drop the rubber in boiling water for about a minute to really soften it up and then coat the gas tank pipe with Vaseline. Vaseline is the easiest I have found to clean up afterwards to paint the grommet. Use a stick like a tongue depresser to work the rubber groove into the firewall.
 
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