peanut
Active member
my hatch hasn't opened for a couple of months now which has caused one or two promlems (ahem)
As today was mild I thought I'd pressure wash all the salt off and attempt to open the hatch.
One side popped so I wedged a screwdriver under the other side to apply some pressure then prodded the switch and the other side finally popped too.
I cleaned up the studs and receptacles dying them out and applied a little grease . I also adjusted the two studs slightly by slacking off the lock nuts and turning the bolts slightly in or out as necessary.
A bit of trial and error closing and opening and the hatch is now working perfectly again.
Which now allows me to replace the bulbs that have blown.
As today was mild I thought I'd pressure wash all the salt off and attempt to open the hatch.
One side popped so I wedged a screwdriver under the other side to apply some pressure then prodded the switch and the other side finally popped too.
I cleaned up the studs and receptacles dying them out and applied a little grease . I also adjusted the two studs slightly by slacking off the lock nuts and turning the bolts slightly in or out as necessary.
A bit of trial and error closing and opening and the hatch is now working perfectly again.
Which now allows me to replace the bulbs that have blown.
