Saving Old Seagulls

Hi Collector, this is my favourit to take camping as its so lite & does a great job, I hate rowing.

Thanks for that Phil.

Picked this up about 18Yrs ago new for about $25 it has 14mm & 18mm fits a Seagull.

Did a compression test on 40 plus & it was over 100psi without puting any oil in cylinder. The 102 was only about 65psi with oil in the cylinder & before. same with Century. Seems a big difference, wondering what other people have observed? COMP Test 40+.JPG COMP Test 102.JPG COMP Test Cent....

One wonders how many Seagulls are not that original due to crank case change. The one in the pic is currently sporting (LLS9978) which is 1958/59 by the Nos. I purchased it in the late 60s & was well 2nd hand then, some where in that time a freind used the O/B & ran it on 40-1 mix untill it ...

Hi Greg I would be trying the old shims first, there does need to be some clearance in the bearing for the oil. If its too tight it will over heat the bearing & sieze. It should be free to turn. In the pic the conrod is brand new on an old crank & too tight it should drop down easily not sta...

Hi Chris, it took me years to find a good Tohatsu aircooled it replaced a 6Hp evinrude on the tinny & pushes it faster. Fairly noisy being aircooled but the advantage of no water pumps (Seagulls excepted). Got sick of replacing pumps in the Evinrude.

To make a new throttle cable, you can use pushbike cable or what im using in the pics . This is salvaged car boot/hatch release cable & the inner is nylon coated. To cut use a cold chisel on soft iron. The parts at the end of the old cable can be unsoldered using an electric soldering iron. Re s...

More pics of dismantling a Gearcase, thrust washer at end of biro dont loose.In the last pic the collar pin can be removed through slots at front of gear case then remove pinion.

Pics of Crankcase bush removal & instaler fabricated by a machinist.

My other air cooled OB a TAS 2.5. This pushes the tinny @ 5Knots just on the plane. Also have owners & a parts manual.

Have a liking for air cooled outboards as well as my Seagulls. Eventualy found a brilliant 5HP Tohatsu which i use on my 12ft Tinny. It pushes this with me in it @ 12Knots. Also managed to get a copy of the workshop manual.

Bit far away for me, but have been to a few wooden boat festivals at Goolwa & Stansbury in South Australia.

Pic of whats realy in an ATOM module only part missing is the tiny capacitor as it was destroyed,

More pics. This unit does get used for testing Car IGN coils & Fuel injectors.