Need help with Vigilant Gaskets

[Horvik]

Hello;

I am going to replace the gaskets including the top griddle, glass and door gasket on my 1980 wood/coal VC Vigilant.

Do I use cement on all of the gaskets?

Thanks

 

[homebrewz]

When you take the old gaskets apart, you'll see which were held in by cement and which weren't. Typically, gasket cement is used on all gaskets. Although, some older Vermont Castings stoves had two panes of glass in each door, and between the panes was a thin gasket supported by an interior stiff metal wire, like a coat hanger. The gasket for the outer glass that actually touches the metal of the door usually uses a thin bead of cement.

Be sure to remove the old cement from the gasket channels with a wire brush and clean up the resulting dust with a rag before installation.