thermometer port

I'm a brand new WSM owner and this is my first post since my introduction thread.:) A couple of days before joining the forum, I spent a couple of hours "lurking". During my lurk, I came across a couple of threads commenting on how difficult it was to install the Silicone Thermometer Port...

I'm a newbie to the WSM. When I first put the cooker together, everything went pretty smothly after I finally, with the help of my wife, got the heat shield and legs on (also added casters so I could move the monster from place-to-place on my patio). Intalling the thermometer port was another...