Saving Old Seagulls

Yes, nice work (having done it myself I know how long it takes) but I can’t see him selling in any volume at that price I’m afraid.As H-A quite rightly says, £150 would be more likely to generate some business.

Perhaps he should also be selling refurbished blocks etc too?

Yes, nice work (having done it myself I know how long it takes) but I can’t see him selling many at that price I’m afraid.As H-A quite rightly says, £150 would be more likely to generate some business.

Sounds like you are busy, are you back in Athens?

Here's a good one, lots of money in selling refurbished tanks it seems :lol: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/British-Seagull-Outboard-Refurbished-Early-Little-40-Tank-1940s-1950s/193756338525?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160811114145%26meid%3Db12194d208454034b8909c162dadc4d...

I suspect it could be modified back to a bush crank, but the crank is designed to run inside a roller bearing, not directly in bushes like a kingfisher. So you would have to fit a kingfisher crank designed for bushes too. Re the crank pin, its designed to be pressed out, but apparently there is very...

Good to see it is fixed, its often the simple things! Good to hear from Stelios too!

There's one for sale on ebay at the moment. Its overpriced though. Worth a try though, I would not pay more than £100 for it. Last one I bought some years ago cost me £50, and it went to another forum member for the same price.

A very early SJM too. Well worth having

Is it the same powerhead but a different prop and gear ratio?

I've only ever worked with the brass ones, nothing new fangled for me!

Yes, the pin can be tapped out with a small piece of bar and if its not damaged it can be reused. When refitting don't forget to peen it over so it cant fall out!

The gearboxes are identical I believe, so you can just swap the complete unit across. Not sure about the prop though, the century might be a slightly coarser pitch as its a more powerful powerhead.

Any further progress on unsticking that piston?

Keep at it, hot/cold cycling can help. Can you get it hot and put it in the press again?

Very neat job, invisible when painted I suspect.