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Securing Tool access door

DREDnot

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Member Wire Fox saw a pic of my unsecured tool access door in another thread and asked if I had issues with it flopping in the wind.

The answer is yes. I was hoping to stumble across a set of the hold down rubber latches for less than 20 bucks each. They are the same as on the back of the engine cover.

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The thing about them that bothered me, besides the cost, is that since I like to swap between 2 man and 4 man configurations the lower catch "prongs" will be scraping legs and getting all bent up.

I ended up just adding the smallest barrel latch from Home Deeps to the front edge. It keeps the door flush and keeps it from flapping in the wind. It also stays with the door blank when removed and there are no hooks on the body.

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