Port hole hold downs

[Flymitch]

It rained a bit last week, and one of my lav portholes, with a few broken hold downs leaked a bit. Are there any imaginative way to fix these, maybe with a large fender washer? Thanks.

[madhatter1]

Post a picture to look at, That will help.

[SEVEN]

It rained a bit last week, and one of my lav portholes, with a few broken hold downs leaked a bit. Are there any imaginative way to fix these, maybe with a large fender washer? Thanks.

Mitch there should be a large washer in front of the wing nut. Also is the rubber gasket in the window in good shape. Post photos.

[Walter P]

The rubber "gasket" which is inserted into the plexiglass port hole is really like a giant "O" ring and when
they get old they get hard and often fail to seal. New one's are very easy to install and are available
from Sam's. Rusty's suggestion of a large washer will also help. I think the gasket replacement will
probably solve your problem. I had a similar issue some years back and after putting new gaskets, the
problem went away.

Walt

[Flymitch]

I don't have the ability with the iPad, to reduce size. Grey is the mfg of the ones with the broken lock down plastic tabs, my fuller brush mfg portholes are all good. Hope you can see these. Mitch

[SEVEN]

Numerous things came to mind when I saw these photos.

1.theses are not Fuller Brush Port Lights
2.the screws are Phillips not square drive
3.there isn’t a rubber gasket built into the port light.
4.the mechanism for tightening the window down is not a wingnut.

I can see that a larger washer might give you a little better seal by putting more pressure on the window. If you can replace the rubber gasket do so. Lastly put an add on the forum looking for used port lights. I see them pop up all the time. Fairly easy to change out. That is unless you want to go high tec and put all new Stainless Steel ports in. About 350.00 each. Boy are they pretty.

[Flymitch]

Correct， these are Not Fuller Brush。 My Fuller Brush portholes are working perfectly。 These are Grey Mfg， and have several tabs broken。 Thanks for the advice so far。 Mitch