How To Replace Lenses on Gray (Bomar) Portlights

[heritage]

You can order online at the link Claude gave if you have an ‘83 - ‘87 Hunter 31 these are your ports you can buy parts or the whole port. Not sure if they are working now. Try an email, I have found them to be most helpful. I am slowly replacing my ports an have ordered four from them so far.

Ports- Gray Enterprises

Odd port 14.75 x 4.75 Size 414

All others 12.5 x 5.75 size 512

I bought my lens there also. They have them in clear or tented.

 

[HMT2]

Mike, terrific and very helpful! Are you taking out the old ports and putting new ones in or just the lenses?

Best,

Sean

Sean, I am taking out the old ports and putting new ones in. The ones from SBO are an exact match. It’s not difficult. I had one that I had to dig a little rot out of the core where the port sits I filled it with some epoxy let it cure then replaced the port.. The other three the core looked like the day it came out of the factory. I have two more 512’s to go and then the single 414 that opens to the cockpit.

Years back I changed the lens on one but over the years the plastic part that makes up the hinge became too fragile. So I replaced the worst one then the next worst one etc.