Eleven days is rough, I would've been googling everything and panicking by day three. Never would've guessed a rubber snake from a hardware store would do the trick. Glad Diane is back to doing her thing.

@webb.victor the paint marker thing wasn't my point, the measuring was. And saying 3/16 off is "nothing" is just not true on a hand hole ring, that gap is exactly where the steam finds its way out once things heat up, which is what happened to me. You also asked how I know the old gasket was right, and that is the whole reason to measure it before you pull it, because it was sealing fine until it blew, so it was the right size by default. Sure, a pitted flange can cause a leak no matter what ring you drop in, but guessing when you have a caliper in the truck is how you burn a Saturday. The door gets swapped or wiped, fine, but that's why you write the size on the gasket itself or snap a pic on your phone before it hits the trash. A number on your phone doesn't come off with a rag.