Snorkel Blind Cap Gasket

[Jack7770]

The blind cap gasket on a 2nd gen snorkel needs replacement since it came apart on disassembly. I have gasket material but I can find no specs for the outside diameter or the size of the center hole (though I can figure that from the screw size. My question: is there a source for ready-made gaskets or can someone tell me the precise diameter I need. Everything else is in good shape, but for that little pain-in-the-neck gasket.

Edited August 19, 2014 by Jack7770

[Hooker56]

http://pendemonium.com/

 

Look under pen repair supplies. Or here:

 

http://www.vintagepens.com/catill_nibs_parts.shtml

[Jack7770]

Thanks for the suggestions but I had already checked both sites; nobody seems to have the blind-cap gasket. I have all the other seals and gaskets and this is the first time I've needed one for the blind-cap. So perhaps what I need is only the correct diameter. Jack

[mattr69]

If it's the gasket I'm thinking of I cut some out from a left over latex sac, made a small hole in the centre for the screw to go through and that sorted the leak out. Sorry can't provide dimensions.

[Hooker56]

Jack,

 

I'm sorry I misunderstood the question. I saw Ron Zorn or David Nishimira's response to this very question in a repair thread within the last two weeks. I'll see if I can find it. Mattr69 is correct about using leftover sac material.

[Hooker56]

Jack,

 

Here's the thread I referred to, but it doesn't mention diameter. The OP had two halves of the original gasket, but IIRC, they aren't very large.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/271409-snorkel-admiral/

[Jack7770]

Thanks again; I'll try to get a reasonable measure then follow Ron's advice using two gaskets to seal the blind cap.

[pen lady]

I followed Ron Zorn's advice a while ago and used a bit of old sac left after trimming one to size. I just made a small hole in the middle, speared the screw through and cut it to size with some very sharp scissors. A bit make-do-and-mend, but it worked. Good luck.

[Ron Z]

Nobody sells them. I never saw one until I got some from the Sheaffer service center. (sorry, there aren't a heck of a lot of them so I'm hording) They're about the same diameter as the top of the touchdown tube. Punch a hole in the piece of sac, put the screw through the TD tube and the rubber, use a small pair of scissors to trim to size. It doesn't have to be precise - the seal is under contact are of the screw, through the TD tube and against the inner cap, not the edges. A piece of plunger filler head gasket rubber would work too. It's about the same thickness