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plug cap for a British Seagull
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:42 am
by Colin
eBay
I saw this on eBay a few minutes ago; one just has to love the lack of honesty based on the supposed ignorance of the seller.
"...plug cap for a British Seagull engine. It has a small crack though I think this is insignificant..."
Item number: 200023772780
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 1:05 pm
by Ian Malcolm
Well, depending on where the crack is it may well be perfectlly useable. As the original caps are no longer available, if I had come accross it at a boat jumble I'd probably buy it.
I've had good results with a cracked cap by solvent cleaning it, glueing the crack (cant remember whether I used superglue or thin epoxy), then spraying it inside and out with EHT lacquer, then when that was well dried, polishing inside and out with silicone electrical spray and the barest touch of silicone dielerctric grease.
Before the silicone treatment, the engine cut if it got damp, after I'd siliconed the whole ignition system, it would run with a hoze of full flow fine spray directed at it from any angle and about a two metre distance.
As with any ebay auction it may be a pig in a poke, but if the seller is willing to give some details of the crack loca\tion and length and possibly measure the depth of the skirt in case its been shortened, there is no reason why it wouldn't be worth a bid. I dont see any reason to accuse the seller of dishonesty.
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 4:59 pm
by Colin
I'm sure you're right Ian, I'm probably very pessimistic having bought a couple of bad ones.
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:54 pm
by CatiGull
Im still casting my vote for the ebay classic
"Excellent condition. Seized."
(Courtesy one of the Charles', I believe?)