Saving Old Seagulls

OOPS! Mk1 it is. The coil is a "special item" in that is internally double wound with individual ground tap. There is no actual Villiers part number in the parts listing........ I suggest that you test the coil as per the owners manual........below. 20190630_112245_HDR.jpg 20190630_112240...

Welcome aboard Go here for your coil. http://www.villiersparts.co.uk/ignition.html Pull yours out and measure it. I think it is the one in the centre of the page. A phone call to confirm is a good idea. May as well get the condensor as well as a precaution. Interested in the decal. Regards BnC

I have a project, now a bit old that started out with outstanding compression........then I played with the head a lot to get 92psi at the end. Gasket and sealing not copper gasket any more etc. ESPCL486JJ1 The original head on it was visually "a thin casting" when viewed side on. I have ...

I have included a pic of what is similar to our beloved. Nicely it shows how it works and with just a mind flip of it can be seen as "really not that efficient"..... Very hard to start if incorrect and so easy to stop. Upside wrong way piston install will have compression but........fails...

Don't bother with the forum, there was nothing there last time I looked. An idea that never got off the ground I think! Yep This site and forum is many years old and sadly, inception, was rather........"Brusk" and elite? Nothing came from that sadly. Best bet is start/continue with SOS, r...

http://www.saving-old-seagulls.co.uk/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=998&p=5123#p5123 Many years ago I bought a featherweight from ebay, boxed as returned from Seagull, with tags, not run since refurb. I assume they replaced the crankcase in the refurb process, and re stamped it as "EF 9 R7...

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How about a "Tennis Racket" tiller. Other than that no idea............. 20190405_170213.jpg 20190405_170143.jpg To answer a Q or 2......... Yes that is Blue asbestos. Yes that is a stainless exhaust tube. Stainless looks really cool but downside sounds like shit. Just saying. Cheers BnC

YAY! Now that my future is ongoing (from this........no idea about the rest of my lifestyle) I shall revisit same thing but using push/pull cable arrangement with indexed limits via thumb lever. The position is maintained via a flat wound torsion spring.......albeit a rather large one too stabilise...