Saving Old Seagulls

Nice later 102. If its not pumping water clean out the pipes first, as it can be tricky to get rust out of the cylinder waterways.

Nice find! Your OP engine is a fairly rare beast, last of the line of pre-war marston seagulls. I think yours would have been made after the transition to the British Seagull company.
In terms of gearbox lubrication, 140 grade perhaps thickened with some light grease will be fine. These are fairly ...

Looks like a fun day for all

Its always remarkable to see a seagull gearbox innards all seized up and rusty, only to find with a elbow grease and attention its comes back to quite serviceable again

Yes, its a brass round section tank for this engine.

These engines are now sold.

I have two BMB outboards for sale, both desirable pre war models.

The first one is one of the early Britannia engines, approx 1930/1931 with the finned exhaust and twin coil ignition, coils seem ok, but new ones are available from Villiers parts. It has been partially stripped and loosely ...

I didnt notice the crankcase was replaced, nice spot Keith

Next job was the tank, which had some deep rust. So I decided to strip it back to bare metal and repaint it. The waterslide decals came from Sharpy, who also supplies John at SOS.

The engine mount bracket is incorrect, there should be two clamps, one securing the drive tube, the other securing the mount bracket. This is mine.

So, as Hugo says the big steel side mount, but they are very rare. I've been looking for one for 10 years! Early post war for a short period was the so called "Skeletal" then the beefed up bracket with the firstly alloy, then bronze clamps we know and love.

Cash waiting for a original side mount ...

Next job was to look at the tiller, which was slightly bent! A bit of gentle persuasion worked a treat here. Does anybody have any idea what the original tiller grips were?

Nice job I have an identical engine on my rack thats been waiting to be looked at for 10 years. Must look at it next after the OG is finished.

Thats a great story and a great find too!

Heres a photo of my early BMB. The clip could be easily made from a piece of spring steel strip or similar. Do you want the actual dimensions? I also have a later BMB with the smooth exhaust casting and villiers magneto, but I suspect that part is different.