Saving Old Seagulls

It looks like somebody has taken my comments the wrong way . All i said was that i had a set of piston rings in original packaging that were for a silver century square block motor . When i tried to fit them to a 102, the rings were to wide for the grooves . In no way did i imply that there was any ...

Beware .....i bought some rings a while ago (S1297P) ,thinking they were ok for the 102 . Alas, they didnt fit. Too wide for the grooves,if i remember rightly.

century plus gets my vote on this one .........

Some years ago i built a mounting bracket for a century plus ,that was capable of rotating the engine 180 degrees............it worked quite well on an 18 foot ketch ......

Just like to say thank you to John Williams for what must be one of the best run and most informative web sites in existence.

I seem to remember a fault i had a couple of years back(same as yours) same model etc. was caused by a previous owner re assembling the fuel filter incorrectly ie. the wrong way round........Just check and make sure its fitted properly.

Most of us are aware of the good and bad points of our seagulls but as far as i am aware , nobody has mentioned anything about the capabilities of their motors under a variety of conditions with reference to particular hull shapes /weights etc. What does yours do ?

I take your point about the weight of the 252 Vic..........I did wonder at the time whether the featherweight would be beefy enough to push the the whole thing . Most of my' running around 'is done on the open sea in calm conditions out here in the philippines but i found even with a slight chop i h...

ok thanks for the replies....................I was only going on what was listed on the tank transfer (10:1) regarding the fuel mix. The engine number is F2145JJ8 ..........The carb is one of those things with the black plastic fuel bowl. I have some Bing carbs on the shelf ..........would it be bet...

I have been saving a new featherweight(which i bought years ago) for my retirement, . Well, the wrapping is off and it has been pressed into service. It is now attatched to a Bic 252 sports boat . I drove it several miles at the weekend but found it running rather 'heavy' ,almost to the point of fou...

Nobody has answered the second part of your subject header - will this be the demise of gulls? No. They'll go on for ever. In a hundred years the other Charles will still be mixing up special potions, and anyway third world nations like ours need goopy oil to keep all the antique tractors running. ...

Here in the Philippines ,140 grade oil is available on every garage forcourt for a measly $2 per litre . Ive stockpiled about 50 gallons of it ........just in case ?

For some time now i have noticed a 'clunk' comming from the mounting bracket of one my Featherweights . Close investigation revealed the lug on the bronze bracket (tiller side ) had worn slightly oval. Every push/ pull of the tiller handle would result in a certain amount of backlash being taken up ...

yep nobles were the tops for us too

ok ......thanks for that steve . Ill give it a try.