Trying to figure out how to keep the hatch in the head open.

Stodge

The port light in the head does not stay up.  (Insert little blue pill jokes here)  I had an idea to use silicone to glue a snap male to the window then use a short piece of nylon webbing with female snaps on the ends to attach to the snap on the window and one I would put on the ceiling of head.

But the silicone will not hold the metal snap.  The snap just popped off.

So now I'm scratching my head looking at this port light thinking it can't be this tough.

Has anybody solved this problem?

Liberty44140

Remove the white caps on each end of the hinge and tighten with a screwdriver. Will stay up just fine. 

Black_Diamond

Those little caps can be a bugger to pop out. I drilled a hole through mine to get at the screws. 

reneechris14

Bill pills?
Pop the white cap?
Drill a hole?
Are we taking about the window?

Liberty44140

Agree with BD the caps are tough, I used a small flat screwdriver and they did get a little banged up but they came out 

Ian

Tap a small Phillips head through the end , nice round hole as needed.

Spyderweb

I use the tip of a jackknife to pry the caps off.

elangone

toothbrush holds the window up just fine!  Seriously though, thanks for the tip about tightening the screws!

skennelly

LOL we use a game of Jenga box to hold up one of our windows.  I've been meaning to tighten it up.

raybo3

I use a hair brush........LMFAO

YYZRC

Spyderweb said:

I use the tip of a jackknife to pry the caps off.

This worked perfectly for me and now my hatches stay up!

Spyderweb

@YYZRC That’s great.  I actually just tightened the head hatch last time at boat.

Willhound

Be careful doing so however. P.O. had tightened them too much and after we bought the boat we noticed that all four port lights have at least one snapped hinge that was carefully glued back together to hide it. And they're obsolete, not replaceable. The one over the galley we never open as it is down to one hinge so I keep it clamped.

Spyderweb

Good to know.  Won’t go crazy with the tightening.

aero3113

I know of two I have to tighten, the head and forward port. I’ll have to check the rest and plan to tighten.

Stodge

Worked like a champ.