1997 370AC, Taylor Made Hatch Handle Needed

54Rich said:
Yep, I did. They kept sending me back to Searay and they never told me that the handles I've been looking for are discontinued. Here's the last correspondence with the Searay dealer:

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Yup. You’ve got the discontinued ones.

They look a little different and only latch one way, but I do believe the #1720’s are the closest replacement.

And yeah, I’ve had PLENTY of correspondence with Terra (she’s my TM rep) about these handles.

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The #1720's don't work. Crazy to replace a good hatch because of the handles. Thanks for all the replies, I'll post something when I get this figured out.
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Well, I bought some nylon stock and found a lathe. A few hours later and I have replacement latches. I'll post some pictures when I get to my PC. They work perfectly.
 
Very cool, maybe you should mass produce, there will be many people looking for them.
 
bahamabreisus said:
Very cool, maybe you should mass produce, there will be many people looking for them.
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It's all about the cost of the tooling, I'd have to sell a lot of them. Here is a picture and of course there are right hand and left hand that I had to make. I've tested these on the boat and they work great at least now I don't have to worry about the window falling out. I have an idea for the actual handle, which will be reversible depending on which latch is needed.

Honestly they would be expensive, but I guess Taylor Made gets $30 each for the ones they still make. It would be less than replacing a perfectly good window. I can't seem to upload any additional files, there's not much storage on this site?
 

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Nice work Rich, those look great!
In about 4 or 5 years I want to pick up a 420 AC - I might have to contract out with you!

54Rich said:
... there's not much storage on this site?
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Shoot Jim $25 for a silver sponsorship of the site and you will get some storage!
Have a look at the 'Support the Site' tab at the top of the page.
 
The part number originally was 853143...which was changed to 1437524 (Talyor part number 703-027299).......let me know if you still hit a wall

Capt. Rusty
 
Rusty: This is a comment on an old thread. I need the aft kickout window that fits 390/400/420 MY and a bunch of other boats. The part # is 1437524 (Talyor part number 703-027299). I have called Searay, Taylormade, dealers, salvage yards and a host of others.......no help. I have the glass and handles, but no frame. Any ideas would be helpful..Thanks
Richard
 
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