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Date:         Sat, 17 Jul 2010 07:37:51 -0700
Reply-To:     Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: subject Re: Where to buy Limbo Hatch Stick?
Comments: To: RAlanen@AOL.COM
In-Reply-To:  <bd8e.7ef184a7.3972e152@aol.com>
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In my experience [limited to one hardware store] the angle on the J isn't right so it has to be bent [not BenT] anyway. Never could get it right. Getting the hatch latch extension.

JME

Mike

On 7/17/10 3:34 AM, "Frank Condelli" <RAlanen@AOL.COM> wrote:

> In a message dated 17/07/2010 12:08:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > > Well, you don't even need to do any work, there are turnbuckles > available that have one closed loop hook and one open J hook already to use ! > > > >>>>>> Wow, those hatch lock extensions are expensive! Just go to your local > hardware and buy an aluminum turnbuckle, about 5 inches long.l Open one > looped end to form a "J". When that is hooked onto the latch pin on the > bottom of the opening, swung around 45 degrees, and the looped end locked > into the hatch lock, it is LOCKED.<<<<<< > > > > > Cheers, > > Frank Condelli > Almonte, Ontario, Canada > '87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_ > (http://frankcondelli.com/trainsal.htm) ) > _Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://frankcondelli.com/busindex.html) - > Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley > _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_ > (http://frankcondelli.com/exhaust.htm) > _BusFusion_ (http://www.busfusion.com/) a VW Camper camping event, > Almonte, ON, June 10 ~ 13, 2010


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