I'm trying to put latches on the cockpit seat lids. There is, however, very little room for fasteners between the lid and the seat. How did those of you with latches attach them? Tom M17 Obsessus
Tom, I installed latches on the three hatch covers on my M-17 (S/N 604) using stainless steel (ss) fiber lock nuts and ss washers. These nuts, as are the ss screws, are readily available at Ace Hardware. The latches I used were West Marine model # 268435, found on page 581 of their 2004 master catalog. The manufacturer's P/N is PERKO#1108DPOCHR. It has been my experience that your best prices can be found elsewhere. Try http://www.sailnet.com. Clarence Andrews M-17 Carpe Ventum ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom and Susan Wilkinson" <ttwilki@mindspring.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 1:28 AM Subject: M_Boats: latches I'm trying to put latches on the cockpit seat lids. There is, however, very little room for fasteners between the lid and the seat. How did those of you with latches attach them? Tom M17 Obsessus _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
I installed mine last week and had little to no clearance on my M15. I could only squeeze in a standard flat nut - no washer - and ground the screws down so nothing extended beyond the nut. I used locktight to reduce the likelyhood of them coming off. Even with this the nuts still slightly touch the inside surface. I hope this helps. Doug "Seas the Day" M15 --- Tom and Susan Wilkinson <ttwilki@mindspring.com> wrote:
I'm trying to put latches on the cockpit seat lids. There is, however, very little room for fasteners between the lid and the seat. How did those of you with latches attach them? Tom M17 Obsessus _______________________________________________
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Busca is in the same boat as Seas The Day....gelcoat scraped off a bit. -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces+htmills=bright.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces+htmills=bright.net@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Doug Kelch Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 9:47 AM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: latches I installed mine last week and had little to no clearance on my M15. I could only squeeze in a standard flat nut - no washer - and ground the screws down so nothing extended beyond the nut. I used locktight to reduce the likelyhood of them coming off. Even with this the nuts still slightly touch the inside surface. I hope this helps. Doug "Seas the Day" M15 --- Tom and Susan Wilkinson <ttwilki@mindspring.com> wrote:
I'm trying to put latches on the cockpit seat lids. There is, however, very little room for fasteners between the lid and the seat. How did those of you with latches attach them? Tom M17 Obsessus _______________________________________________
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