Saving Old Seagulls

Here are some pics of what I've been up to with the Riptide. http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk103/synwhistles/001.jpg Top plate removed, showing the flywheel. Is this what you expected CI? Any way, I took off the flywheel nut and removed the flywheel to look at the sparky bits. http://i278.photo...

There is no socket for the flywheel nut...................use a large adjustable at least 14"........a light tap with a mallet on the end will loosen it. The screws for the top plate.................just use an impact driver gently. They will come out and the plate lifts off for ignition adjus...

User manual recieved and printed, thank you! Now the fun begins. First job, pinhole in fuel tank. http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk103/synwhistles/couch1006.jpg What I would like is a socket for the central nut for starting with a drill purposes. I don't want to grind the original into a hex nut...

Charles uk wrote:Try the main site. http://www.saving-old-seagulls.co.uk/bu ... 20roll.JPG

Excellent, thank you! Now if I could just read the size on those spanners.....

Yup, that's the model.

Now that the spanners are out for the new Seagull and with the fingernails dirty, it's time to have a serious look at the Riptide. I'm in need of the relevant technical data to apply. Stuff like spark plugs, fuel/oil ratio, grease to use in the various nipples and how to approach the ignition advanc...

I believe John carries all the correct tools in the form of a toolkit! Will still need tap and di. Does John have those? If not Coventry fasterners can help. There is a branch in Wollongong. Only a hundred k's away. You will be back by lunch though I always end up getting fish & chips at Kiama ...

Charles uk wrote:I belive John carries all the correct tools in the form of a toolkit!

I've looked, but can't find it. Still finding the best way to navigate this site. Any chance of a link to the tool kit? If for no other reason than to see what's in it and what I will want apart from what I have.

No, yellow tank and just the single cylinder. The carry handle is an integral part of the casting on mine.

Perhaps i am in the wrong forum here too. I might go across to that other one with my Riptide enquiries.

...black fingernails and all from the Seagull, it's probably a good time to address that Riptide Boatman I've got sitting in the shed. Can anyone give me a lead on the technical details? Spark plug, fuel mix, lubricating grease, what the ignition advance lever does and should be set at for starting,...

Thanks for all the tips, I think it is going to take me longer to put the tools and parts together than to do the actual job.

if possible i always run the engine for a minute or 2 before removing the head just to warm it all up.. and head bolts are just as likely to break putting them back in as taking out as we all think "just a little bit tighter"until 1 snaps .. i always use new stainless bolts when refitting...

Hugz wrote: Which country is your St Georges Basin in? We have one in NSW Oz.

That's the one!

Okay, I thought I'd seen that somewhere! I kept searching this help forum for it. I read the advice with some trepidation regarding removing the head bolts, then I tried it, just to see. All the bolts turned! 18 ft/lb? Maybe just. What is the correct size spanner/socket for these? 17/32"? They ...

Greetings all, I'm a newcomer to Seagulls but had a lot of experience with air cooled 2 strokes, mostly mowers. I found the forum guide most helpful in setting up the motor I bought recently and have it going nicely, except for one thing..... runs for 15 or 20 mins and then loses power and stops. St...