Transom door sliding latch

luvinlifeluvinlife Member Posts: 501 ✭✭✭
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Anyone know where to get a replacement sliding latch like this for a 270? 
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  • reneechris14reneechris14 Member Posts: 3,134 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Perko $60.00 west marine has them. Make sure you get the  right measurements so the bolt patten matches up.
    2005 Rinker FV342  Pawcatuck river,Ct
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,944 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The old open the engine compartment and forget the latch trick...should buy stock in that company...
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  • luvinlifeluvinlife Member Posts: 501 ✭✭✭
    Ras, you hit it!  Mad at myself.  Found it on line for $36 bucks. They make two sizes so you have to be careful. 
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  • WillhoundWillhound Member Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Once again I have to wonder why they ever got rid of the "lift and open" hinge like on my 2000 270. No latch to break. Door swings both ways. Can even lift the hatch with the door closed and it clears. I expect it was a cost issue.
    "Knot Quite Shore" - 2000 FV270 (Sold)
    2018 Cherokee 39RL Land Yacht (Sorry...)
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,944 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm on my third.....and I have a steel one on there now from my shed!
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  • kordokordo Member Posts: 247 ✭✭
    I also have a steel one now.  Dreading the day when I forget to open the door and lift the hatch.  Will the steel latch or the door break.  Being very careful. 
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  • reneechris14reneechris14 Member Posts: 3,134 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't close my door if your dumb enough to fall out I'm not turning around to get you. And if you close the door its a $50 dollar fine.  
    2005 Rinker FV342  Pawcatuck river,Ct
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  • FDNY49FDNY49 Member Posts: 116 ✭✭
    Try a wooden dowel with a screw.  Much cheaper and easy to replace
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,944 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was going to do that but figured it would not look good right at the entrance of the boat.....similar latch from my shed door looks a little better,....will have to paint it or something.....
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  • Cableguy GregCableguy Greg Member Posts: 5,077 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I used a label maker to make a reminder to "Check Door" that is above my switch.
    2008 280 Express Cruiser, 6.2MPI, B3, Pittsburgh, PA "Blue Ayes" (Sold)
    2022 Cherokee 294GEBG Black Label land yacht. 
    Go Steelers!!!
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,944 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I planned on doing that Greg...but I keep forgetting like forgetting to open the dang latch...
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  • FDNY49FDNY49 Member Posts: 116 ✭✭
    Measure the base and give EBay a try. Can't recall where I got mine but the quality and price were very good.

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  • trip_ntrip_n Member Posts: 747 ✭✭✭
    I bought 2 from mallory/rinker
    and my wife bought me a sticker... B)
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  • FormulabenFormulaben Confirm Email, Member Posts: 219 ✭✭✭
    edited April 2023
    I like a silly project now and then...I think I'll wire in a microswitch that locks out the engine hatch switch when the door is anything but fully open and on the door latch/catch.
    My other thought was to relocate the switch to the battery switch box. I'd think it highly improbably you'd open that hatch sitting there with the door latched.  Added bonus is to free up a switch position at the helm for another accessory.
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    2006 Fiesta Vee 270
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 8,066 mod
    @Formulaben - welcome to the forum.  You should definitely do it, and post details here.  We welcome functional silliness.  
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 3,062 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Glad I don’t have this issue on mine.

    Regards,

    Ian

    The Third “B”

    Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

    https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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