Saving Old Seagulls

hi.
managed to find it.
if you google amtech auto compression tester you get a good clear picture picture of what i am trying to explain.

the compression checker i have when you look at the dial on the right hand side there is a screw half way up with a piece of fishing gut,attached to it is a small ignot of lead a little bit smaller than a 5p piece does this have to be removed, sorry i cant put a pic up but i can send a pic to a mobi...

tried the compression tester today no reading at all gave it three good pulls, i have put a new cyclinder head gasket on.
it was going great till i took the head off to clean the water ways.

compression tester just arrived will test tomorrow.

eng no esc 181 hh1. running in the test tank today water a couple of inches above the bottom of the exhaust tube put it into gear she conked out runs like a sewing machine out of gear, each time i put her into gear she just dies out. put her in the tank with the prop off into gear runs no problem im...

did,nt take the flywheel off as it is the domed style with the three legs underneath just took the plug cap off and took the plug out.
tried to start again this afternoon choke open carb full each time backfire the spark plug does get wet but sparks well.
the ht lead is above the carb.

as above, had to take the head off to clear all the crud out no choice im afraid eng no esc 181 hh1, took about four hours water passages clean as a whistle now. i did have to take the block of the piston so i could sit it on my lap for easier working, had a little fiddling getting the piston back i...

i have a forty featherweight fitted with a seagull-viliers concentric float chamber carburettor- top feed. trying to get the taper needle out to see what number is on it then i will know the correct fuel mix, cant move the little screw at all on top of the throttle valve piston, to let the needle co...

how much £££ for the 9.9 yamaha

john the very help-full owner of this site, stocks them.

purchased a new rotor from john, water not to great stripped her down noticed that the rotor had came down on top of the jointing plate,definitely had it set 1/16th above the plate struggle getting it back to where it should be,are these prone to working down, also if its done it once i can only gue...

a donkey,s donger it,s going to be then

the handle on my gear lever, instead of the usual ball on the end, there is 45 degree bend to the right, most handles i,ve seen do have the aforementioned ball, it has the seagull stamp on it eng no esc 181 hh1 .

afraid i don,t have the software to post pics,don't know if this helps,the collar that fits behind the brass washer that is next to the clutch fork, has four holes in it, two offset from the other two, i have the roll pin through the two and the shaft that are closet to the brass washer should it be...

when testing in the tank, after fitting new gear cap gasket, 6ftx3ft test tank so kept the prop on,slips into forward no problem, only running at third revs do manage to get her into neutral but have to play about with the gear lever, changes back to neutral no problem with the prop off, i take it t...