Saving Old Seagulls

I would not follow this advise Hugo. Insane to use such methods dealing with all of those acids. This is something from the 70s. Salt and/or vinegar as well as the old 10:1 water to molasses remedy is the way to go. Use molasses option........original paint intact. Regards BnC C still going strong ...

Condensor under points. Remove the points housing.

Single outlet coil OK for running in a test tank only. It will smoke if used on a transom.


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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_HDR.jpg B...

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 no idea wh...

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 everywher...

red42hj wrote:An unrelated question: I also have a forty plus (clutched ) what is the correct prop for these models?

So what prop does it have now?

Pics.....we love pics aye.

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