Saving Old Seagulls

What caused the 3 heavily corroded spots?

Could be a hotsopt or where water was sitting when the engine was in storage.
With having a good mix of metals, aluminium and zinc being the ones that will get eaten away first. (that is why a lot of the carbs are so corroded)

that I wrecked a rod on before I got it going properly .

That sounds like most of the stuff you touch!

Just soft solder a bit of copper on the end. if it is smaller than that drill a hole in some aluminium to make a mould. Heat up the aluminium hot enough to melt the solder and dip the in of the cable into it..... wait for it to cool down.

It is done with a water blaster.... Look it up on youtube!

I cant say I have seen one like that before. I quite like it!

If I knew where the addition number was I would tell you!


British
Seagull
Service. Repair Handbook
2 to 6hp Models



I can only guess 1979?

Got a pic of the offending parts?

EP140 oil I believe I need to replace it with. Fill to the bottom of the fill hole?

That is I that is what I believe.

This is what the service handbook has to say.

What can we say! Well Done.
Other than Get a better starter cord!
The starter cord should be 5.5mm and 650mm long.

Well it looks kinda close to what it should!

Well I'll be! This has to be the toughest yet!

I saw one youtube video where the guy heat it up with a propane torch before reuse. (looks like it cooled before being placed)
What would the purpose of that be?

Do this! Heating it up softens the copper.

You can put some silicone on the cylender side to help keep the water in.

Try cleaning it up a bit. Is it build up or pitted rust. It will go!

Looks like quite a large outboard.

Is most of it there?

Tell us a bit more about it.

Yup! I dont think you will be using that fly wheel any more. You may need a puller to get he rest off.