Went to load up the stove this morning and just my luck, the gasket fell off, dang it. Back up plan in full swing. Let the stove cool and pick up some gasket cement, flip the gasket and hope for the best. For what it's worth I took a couple pics,
Pic of the door with the gasket removed, just a rough clean at this point,
Pic of the door after a better cleaning, still a little stained but down to rough metal, would suggest a dremel wire wheel if you are planning to do this,
Pic of the gasket and tools used (Large screw driver, wire brush and some emery cloth). This is the side of the gasket that is touching the stove, hard to see but their is a prominent grove here, I plan to flip this around and have this side touching the door.
Other side of the gasket, note the splice. The splice is actually just a wrap that fell off and I had to lay it back in place. This side will now be touching the stove.
This pic is trying to show the odd size of this gasket, very thick but certainly a flat gasket,
Bead of Gasket cement, very disappointed in my neatness, I fixed it up a little but still, not impressed.
Gasket back in place, after a test fit I noticed that it sets much better with the gasket pushed in flush around the window, towards the middle in other words.
I put the door back on closed it tight, after fine tuning the latch, had to be pulled out has it now sits out much prouder than before. Now to wait for the one hour dry time and start a small fire, time will tell. Very cold day as well, -12c the electric heat is just not the same.