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Old 11-17-2019, 11:40 AM   #5
RayChez1
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I believe mine are from Southco also. But I found out that if you are the type that likes to slam the compartment doors like some that I have seen, there is a rocker arm inside the lock that is made out of pot metal and it breaks very easy. So what I done I went and bought a three foot length of steel about 1/8 inch in thickness and about one inch wide and I got the pot metal part, put it against the steel and traced it with a pencil. Then I just ground it into the same shape of the pot metal part. Made a hole where it mounts on and I have never had that problem anymore. I made several of that part to have extras incase, but steel does not break like pot metal. But I still do not slam the compartment doors. It is a bad habit some have.
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