Port holes / windows

randallh82w8randallh82w8 Member Posts: 35 ✭
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Any way to make the port hole windows stay open? They seem to be only held by friction, but gravity always wins and they slowly close. 

Any fixes? Workarounds?
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  • WillhoundWillhound Member Posts: 4,228 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very (VERY) carefully tighten the screws on the hinges a bit forore friction. Don't snap a hinge. Otherwise there's not much else you can do.
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  • randallh82w8randallh82w8 Member Posts: 35 ✭
    Willhound said:
    Very (VERY) carefully tighten the screws on the hinges a bit forore friction. Don't snap a hinge. Otherwise there's not much else you can do.
    That was my thought, but I had a quick look and it wasn’t obvious where to tighten. Perhaps I just didn’t notice. 
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  • WillhoundWillhound Member Posts: 4,228 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It may vary from different manufacturers. Mine were Bomar and just had a machine screw with a nut through the hinge. Other's could be different. 
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  • Cableguy GregCableguy Greg Member Posts: 5,066 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If the are Jim Black port lights, there are caps at the end of the hinge that needs removed to access the screws. 
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  • skennellyskennelly Member Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭✭
    Remove the caps with a pen knife...or what I had to do was screw in a small screw and then use a pliers to pry the plug out.
    2002 - 270FV Mag 350 B3
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 3,008 ✭✭✭✭
    Or just tap a Phillips head driver into it and tighten the screws, when you pull it out the plug will likely come out then.

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    Ian

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  • Squatch68Squatch68 Member Posts: 62 ✭✭
    I just did mine a couple weeks ago. Mine are Jim Black. With some patience and a small thin flat head the caps do come out. Once you know the trick they come out quite easy.  I was able to tighten all of the windows except the head because it's recessed into a small framed opening. 
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  • WillhoundWillhound Member Posts: 4,228 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Squatch68 said:
     I was able to tighten all of the windows except the head because it's recessed into a small framed opening. 
    And that's the one you usually want to be able to prop open! 😆
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  • Squatch68Squatch68 Member Posts: 62 ✭✭
    Willhound said:

    And that's the one you usually want to be able to prop open! 😆
    Haha you're not wrong!  A spare roll of toilet paper does the trick lol
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