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Post by jenny c-t Sat Jul 28, 2018 2:08 pm

Hi there everyone, during last night's hail storm the outer tops of the two large roof lights have been broken on my 1998 Duetto. I have covered them with clear duct tape  so as to stop any rain coming in[luckily no rain in during last night]. Do any of you know if they can be replaced? and if so where can I get them?
Many thanks.
jenny
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Post by meanchris Sat Jul 28, 2018 2:50 pm

They're probably MPK vents, you can buy the 'domes' separately.

We just threw away two almost brand new ones.

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Post by jenny c-t Sat Jul 28, 2018 5:29 pm

Oh no!!! thanks for info. Do you know if they are easy to fit?
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Post by meanchris Sat Jul 28, 2018 5:52 pm

They are easy, except that they changed the design slightly.

I don't know when, but our original van was 1995 and, when I bought some domes about 4 years ago, the handle catches that go under the frame were slightly different.

I modified them to fit the old frames by filing a little section off the handle:

outer tops of roof lights 1998 Duetto Modified_MPK_Handle

Not the easiest picture to grasp, but this is how the handle fits under the original MPK frame:

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Also, the old domes had an external plastic nut to fix the handle to, which would crack the dome and make it leak.
The new ones have a nut which is part of the moulding and can't leak as easily.
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Post by Bulletguy Mon Jul 30, 2018 4:08 pm

jenny c-t wrote:Hi there everyone, during last night's hail storm the outer tops of the two large roof lights have been broken on my 1998 Duetto. I have covered them with clear duct tape  so as to stop any rain coming in[luckily no rain in during last night]. Do any of you know if they can be replaced? and if so where can I get them?
Many thanks.
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