Outboard motor - old plug socket - supplier?
 

Friend has a 40 hp 2 stroke outboard motor , not sure of the make.
Power connector plug is damaged, need replacing, where can he get?
It must be ancient, its marked GEC!
Its round and has a similar look to a car trailer fitting, a plug with 6
female receptacle , pins fitted on motor connector.

Pins laid out in a circle with 2 large and 4 small, in the arrangement
small,small,small,large, small, large.

Any ideas?

Outboard motor - old plug socket - supplier?
 

In article , Paul wrote:
Friend has a 40 hp 2 stroke outboard motor , not sure of the make.
Power connector plug is damaged, need replacing, where can he get?
It must be ancient, its marked GEC!
Its round and has a similar look to a car trailer fitting, a plug with 6
female receptacle , pins fitted on motor connector.

Pins laid out in a circle with 2 large and 4 small, in the arrangement
small,small,small,large, small, large.

Any ideas?

Photo might help.
GEC connector seems something else today.
Contact specific motor supply ?

Possibly use a trailer connector to replace adding a separate high current starting contacts or just hardwire.

greg

Outboard motor - old plug socket - supplier?
 

GregS wrote:
In article , Paul wrote:
Friend has a 40 hp 2 stroke outboard motor , not sure of the make.
Power connector plug is damaged, need replacing, where can he get?
It must be ancient, its marked GEC!
Its round and has a similar look to a car trailer fitting, a plug with 6
female receptacle , pins fitted on motor connector.

Pins laid out in a circle with 2 large and 4 small, in the arrangement
small,small,small,large, small, large.

Any ideas?

Photo might help.

Try this:
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos...5_667089_n.jpg


GEC connector seems something else today.
Contact specific motor supply ?

Possibly use a trailer connector to replace adding a separate high current starting contacts or just hardwire.

greg

Outboard motor - old plug socket - supplier?
 

Paul wrote:
Friend has a 40 hp 2 stroke outboard motor , not sure of the make.
Power connector plug is damaged, need replacing, where can he get?
It must be ancient, its marked GEC!
Its round and has a similar look to a car trailer fitting, a plug with 6
female receptacle , pins fitted on motor connector.

Pins laid out in a circle with 2 large and 4 small, in the arrangement
small,small,small,large, small, large.

Any ideas?
Paul,
If I am correct, your friend is second on line - for the last one (in
short SOL).
GEC was Gale Engine Company, a part of OMC until the the late 60's
(IIRC). Gale engine and Gale products sold things that were try-outs
for Johnson, Evenrude, Lawnboy, Ryan, Pioneer and Cushman. They abandon
that plug and did not advance it to the primary marine products because
it didn't work. They stayed two cables that went on wing nut
terminals for starting power and a ganged connector for the the rest of
the hookup. That is what we used to change them to when the plug went
bad.

Good Luck There.

Matt Colie

Outboard motor - old plug socket - supplier?
 

matt_colie wrote:
Paul wrote:
Friend has a 40 hp 2 stroke outboard motor , not sure of the make.
Power connector plug is damaged, need replacing, where can he get?
It must be ancient, its marked GEC!
Its round and has a similar look to a car trailer fitting, a plug with
6 female receptacle , pins fitted on motor connector.

Pins laid out in a circle with 2 large and 4 small, in the arrangement
small,small,small,large, small, large.

Any ideas?
Paul,
If I am correct, your friend is second on line - for the last one (in
short SOL).
GEC was Gale Engine Company, a part of OMC until the the late 60's
(IIRC). Gale engine and Gale products sold things that were try-outs
for Johnson, Evenrude, Lawnboy, Ryan, Pioneer and Cushman. They abandon
that plug and did not advance it to the primary marine products because
it didn't work. They stayed two cables that went on wing nut terminals
for starting power and a ganged connector for the the rest of the
hookup. That is what we used to change them to when the plug went bad.

Good Luck There.

Matt Colie

Hi Matt,

In this case the GEC is short for General Electric Company - an ancient
british manufacturer of electrical switchgear:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General...ic_Company_plc

Outboard motor - old plug socket - supplier?
 

Paul wrote:
matt_colie wrote:
Paul wrote:
Friend has a 40 hp 2 stroke outboard motor , not sure of the make.
Power connector plug is damaged, need replacing, where can he get?
It must be ancient, its marked GEC!
Its round and has a similar look to a car trailer fitting, a plug
with 6 female receptacle , pins fitted on motor connector.

Pins laid out in a circle with 2 large and 4 small, in the arrangement
small,small,small,large, small, large.

Any ideas?
Paul,
If I am correct, your friend is second on line - for the last one (in
short SOL).
GEC was Gale Engine Company, a part of OMC until the the late 60's
(IIRC). Gale engine and Gale products sold things that were try-outs
for Johnson, Evenrude, Lawnboy, Ryan, Pioneer and Cushman. They
abandon that plug and did not advance it to the primary marine
products because it didn't work. They stayed two cables that went on
wing nut terminals for starting power and a ganged connector for the
the rest of the hookup. That is what we used to change them to when
the plug went bad.

Good Luck There.

Matt Colie

Hi Matt,

In this case the GEC is short for General Electric Company - an ancient
british manufacturer of electrical switchgear:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General...ic_Company_plc

Paul,

If it is the script GEC of the later GEC/Plessey, I suspect you are
still out of luck.

The connector does look like the Gale connector of the 60's.

In any case, Good Luck

Matt