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Old 9th Feb 2024, 08:04
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Europa01
 
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Originally Posted by MarineEngineer
The cable tie is strong enough to stop the door rising enough for the stop pins and pads to disengage. Perhaps the door could rise a few milimetres?


The stop pin faces are convex and the stop pad faces are concave giving a spherical seating. Correction - OH NO THEY AREN’T. Thanks subsequent contributors. A cable tie would be essentially in tension to keep the pins & pads engagaed. If that is a cable tie in the photo then you can see the horrible attraction of using one (or two) to hold the door / plug in place before fitting the locking bolts.

Last edited by Europa01; 12th Feb 2024 at 08:16. Reason: Corrections
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