Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:33:25 -0700
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: subject Re: Where to buy Limbo Hatch Stick?
In-Reply-To: <C8670E4F.CB38%mwmiller@cwnet.com>
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I made one similar to the Pay For It kind without much effort or expense.
Find some appropriate material....plywood, plastic, metal-- and cut yourself
a piece (a jig saw works) to hook around the 'post' in the hatch latch
striker. I had some MDS plastic about 1/2" thick sitting around. It you
cut the base about 2-3" wide it will hook on and lay there flat, just right
when you go to close the hatch. I got an eye bolt at the hardware store and
drilled it through my base.... with a nut on either side of the plate, you
mount that at a right angle through the base plate. With a little fitting,
mine ended up being really 'Skookum' (a boat builders term for shipshape)
You can almost slam the hatch on it and it locks right up...no rattles and
no way to finesse yourself inside if the key is turned and the lock engaged.
Total cost: $.41 and about 1/2hr labor..
Don Hanson
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 7:37 AM, Mike Miller <mwmiller@cwnet.com> wrote:
> 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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