Yep, I had to bake the assembly. Others have used hair dryers and cardboard boxes or even heat guns. Whatever you have available to loosen the adhesive sealant that holds the two halves together will work as long as it doesn't melt everything.
I have been too busy to get a full write-up done, but it's pretty straight forward. I followed a lot of the advice from the guys that did it over on the FZ6 Forum.