Wipac coil seized on

seagull101 · Post by **seagull101** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:08 am

Hi all,
In the process of stripping down my silver century plus but the only problem is the wipac plate is seized on. I have removed the locating screw with no luck. Then I removed the points and coil. and heated the base with still no luck.
Any ideas?

Jacob

tambikeboy · Post by **tambikeboy** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 11:49 am

Corrosion around base plate they can be awkward just keep at it wd40 and some more heat china

Post by **Charles uk** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 1:16 pm

Rotate the base plate backwards & forwards like a steering wheel, little by little, till it moves freely, then it will come off, it's aluminium oxide holding it fast.

headdownarseup · Post by **headdownarseup** » Tue Mar 21, 2017 1:02 am

Heat and soak with wd40. Eventually the corrosion will break free enough for you to rotate the baseplate.
I did say it might be stuck pretty good. A lot of the time they can be a right sod

Keep going with it but don't go too heavy handed with the heat.

Jon

Nudge · Post by **Nudge** » Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:47 am

you lot have got it ALL wrong....
Just get a BIGGER hammer and give it a good wack, once it is broken it will be easy to get off! That's how most people seem to work on Seagulls!!

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