Saving Old Seagulls

Hi there

I am selling my 40+ under the for sale section.

http://www.saving-old-seagulls.co.uk/fo ... um.php?f=4


Regards to all

Ian

Hi all Due to redundancy I am selling my 1963 Forty Plus which is still in its original crate. I purchased this last year from a gentleman in the US so she has travelled the world a bit and is none the worse for wear. It is in unmarked condition and comes with all the original paperwork, tool kit, s...

Hi everyone Just a quick question, can I presume the words top end on the impeller means.... have that side of the impeller facing upwards towards the engine which seams to make sense as the round raised section of the impeller fits nicely into the circular hole in the upper gear box casting. It doe...

Ah ha this was the conclusion I had come to. Hence my 11" prop giving a little more propulsion.

Thanks that makes sense as I cant see any differences either.

Thanks

Ian

Hi Does any of the gurus out there know where the extra 0.5 or 1hp came from quoted by British Seagull Some are 4HP and some are quoted as 4.5HP and some 5HP. I know members have said that in reality the HP is way below that but they must have had some calculations to back it up. CC's seem to be the...

OK

Many thanks Charles

Ian

Thanks Charles. Your quite correct. It has bridged ports. What colour was the block originally by the way? There is black paint under the gold. Would this be correct? On the subject of paint what would be the nearest modern-day available equivalent silver/grey on the gear boxes and prop? Many thanks...

Thats interesting Hugz, yet another shaped port. There is a base gasket on ebay at the moment for a regtangular port shape like that. I wonder now whether to resort to a dremel to reshape the crank case and fabricate a base gasket to match the curved port on my block. Unless anyone knows of or sells...

Another miss-match. This time a crank on ebay (supposedly for a large 100+) which clearly shows where the block was. !C!2f-Uw!mk~$(KGrHqIOKpoEy+jC)3TqBNE1+D5C1Q~~_12.jpg I wonder how many more are like this. Or was this standard practice by British Seagull? Is the crank case the same for the 40's as...

Ok, good advice.

Thanks

Ian

Ok Charles so does this mean I need to look for a century or century plus pre-67 crank case to make the ports match up or would a better idea be to locate a post 67 block Or could I just put the whole bottom half (i.e. larger gear box, 11" prop and clutch) onto my other Century WS11DD6 to creat...

Hi Charles The serial on the crank case is CPCR. 5485 It is a short shaft but with the larger gear box and 11" prop., villers carb and villiers ignition and clutch fitted. The block has been painted gold but underneath it looks like it was originally black if that helps. I wonder if the block w...

Ok so I have decided to take the barrel off one of my seagulls to see how they work. The first thing I notice is the difference in the size of the port allowing fuel/air into the cylinder. One being a lot more elongated. Surely these ports would be better matched to the same shape. Or are they. Has ...

Thanks for the info Charles.

All I need to do is get rid of the turtle on the tank. They could have at least painted a seagull. Ha ha.

Charles thats great thank you very much.

So does this make it around 4hp then and also is it a long shaft because it is a bit longer than my other one or is it the aftermarket prop and gearbox that makes a slightly longer short shaft.

Many thanks

Ian