This is a plea for the wisdom of the sages once again. I thank you guys who use this and impart your expertise to those posting. Thanks.

I bought a front seal for my moon roof on my '83 300D. Got it from ******** (sorry MS) and it fits fine, really nice actually. The only trouble is, the moon roof hatch now won't close fully. There is around a 1/2 to 3/4 inch gap and so I'm up a creek when it rains.

Looking for any help, direction, suggestions anyone might have for remedying this.

Oh, I also cut-away a very small piece at the center of the seal where it has to fit around what I think is a guide/latch. The seal comes formed with a section taken out, but they didn't remove one section from the middle layer and it's impossible to get it to go underneath (I tried a gift card which is thinner than that part of the seal and it - the card - wouldn't go)

Thanks for your help