I need to replace the lock in the companion way hatch. My DF800 is a 1991 model.
Is there a nut on the inside? If so, how do you get to it. I call a locksmith and he was not able to remove it.
Installing a new lock will also be tricky, I am not sure if I will able to find a short lock here in the USA
Thanks,
Walter
Lock - Companion Way Hatch
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Lock - Companion Way Hatch
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Re: Lock - Companion Way Hatch
Walter,Walter Siebold wrote:I need to replace the lock in the companion way hatch. My DF800 is a 1991 model.
Is there a nut on the inside? If so, how do you get to it. I call a locksmith and he was not able to remove it.
Installing a new lock will also be tricky, I am not sure if I will able to find a short lock here in the USA
Thanks,
Walter
I have done this job:
Order an original lock at your DF dealer;
Take out the lofting;
Use a Dremel, making a sufficient large, hole in te polyester under the lock;
Now you are able to change te lock;
Close te hole in the polyester, using the piece of laminate that came out, make it watertight, using resin and glassfiber.
Succes,
Jacob
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Re: Lock - Companion Way Hatch
Sorry, i forgot to mention:Jacob Blom wrote:Walter,Walter Siebold wrote:I need to replace the lock in the companion way hatch. My DF800 is a 1991 model.
Is there a nut on the inside? If so, how do you get to it. I call a locksmith and he was not able to remove it.
Installing a new lock will also be tricky, I am not sure if I will able to find a short lock here in the USA
Thanks,
Walter
I have done this job:
Order an original lock at your DF dealer;
Take out the lofting;
Use a Dremel, making a sufficient large, hole in te polyester under the lock;
Now you are able to change te lock;
Close te hole in the polyester, using the piece of laminate that came out, make it watertight, using resin and glassfiber.
Succes,
Jacob
You have to remove the sliding hatch by removing the sidestrips on the roofdeck. Unscrew them and try to cut the rubbercompound that sticks them to the polyester.
Jacob