Saving Old Seagulls

[quote="Collector Inspector"] I would not get too carried away with "Oily Residue" in the ignition plate insides Mate. there is a fair bit of difference between the normal lubrication and build up in there and the wet stuff to which i am referring. so humour me mutineer and check...

do you notice that there is always a wet oily residue inside the magneto baseplate where the coil and points are? if so this is another indication that the bushings are starting to wear. might be time to dig out that spare.

thanks phil ..... at least i know what stuff to get. have never soldered anything except guitar cords etc.

i actually contacted mcmaster carr without success but eventually found a great product in my own back yard so to speak! imported from somewhere i think,it is 80 mesh 39 gauge stainless steel. really tough stuff. just roll it round a pencil or whatever and it stays intact without any fastening.cut t...

well actually i do have an FVP crank and case that produces a nice spark when the screw is at 6 o'clock but i presumed using the crank from that would give me the same problem. never thought that it might be a century crank in the featherweight! excellent suggestion.... thanks

i have a late sixties featherweight which i fear has an earlier mode l(shorter stroke) crankshaft installed in its original F crankcase.i came to this conclusion when there was no flywheel cutout over the points when the piston was at TDC. after having a chat with charles uk (thanks again) i feel co...

thats a classic.......love it!

have fixed the pic in the previous post.....check it out agaln! looks better with the double centuries i think

Todd wrote:Caution! With all that glitzy metal, someone might mistake you for a Yank!

now that you mention it.... my skin does seem to be getting a bit thinner lately1 i thought it was just me getting old

the river Derwent. http://i799.photobucket.com/albums/yy27 ... age041.jpg

well of course i let them in the house! they are the only company i get these days(almost)

no.......its a 1974 WC that had shagged chrome so i got rid of it and polished the brass

basically polish patience and plenty of elbow grease! you would be surprised how beautiful a seagull is under all that tarnish!

thought i might give my brood a bit of a run on the weekend. the normal motor needs work so in the meantime it looks like seagull power!

and also any increase in weight wont effect the speed at all if you use the plus!