Saving Old Seagulls

I will try the WD40 and leave overnight, but it sounds like I may need a new/second hand carb. Thanks for all the advice.

Below is a picture, which I got from the Internet, of a carb that is identical to the one I have. There is no screwed thread on the carb body which would allow the float chamber to be screwed into. Instead the 2 parts just push together. Is this not unusual considering the float chamber would be fil...

Hi.

When I put the screw back in I can only get only a quarter of a turn back and forth. When the screw is taken completely out it just turns and turns without coming off. Very strange indeed

How do you dismantle the plastic carb so I can clean it? I have loosed the screw in the picture shown but all that does is to allow the float chamber to turn but it does not come off.

Malachy

Does anyone know to dismantle a carburettor on model FPC1723AAP (Forty). When I remove the screw A as shown on the Seagull Carb webpage the float chamber just turns without coming loose.

Malachy

Morning all.

Thanks for the advice which I have tried doing with the assistance of a fellow worker but without success. Despite several hammerings, with a rubber hammer, it does not seem to want to move. Will try again later.

Malachy

Morning all.

Over the weekend I tried unsuccessfully to pry off the outer casing that holds the points and coil, please see a hazy photograph. Do I require bearings extractor to complete this task.

Regards

Malachy

Morning all.

I will have to leave taking off this cover until the weekend as I'm currently working away from home. Is the nut that holds on the cover a right or left handed thread? If the plug only produces a yellow spark does that mean there may be something wrong with the coil?

Regards

Malachy

Morning all. In the past I cleaned the points, as best I could, through a small opening in the flywheel cover but in order to achieve a better cleaning process I must remove the flywheel cover. Is this difficult to do and are any special tools required? I'm still waiting on the arrival of a new spar...

There is a yellow spark from the plug. What is the carburettor like to dismantle as they appear a solid unit.

Malachy

Hi all.

Someone on another broad suggest use a socket that fits the big nut on the flywheel connected to an electric drill spin the engine over for a few min's and it should charge up and give a spark. Is this true.

Malachy