Saving Old Seagulls

Thanks, Pat, managed to gently pry it out, notice that the contact from the Coil is completely clear of the hole unlike my other one, is that normal?

Thanks Pat, yep, thats the type, I'm soaking some wd40 around it at the moment I was moving it up and down gently when there was a crack, the screw is still part of it and I'm hopeful, plastic seems pretty brittle but will also try the screw and pliers route

HT lead was jammed in solid on the Century and the cap snapped off, guess the only way is going to slowly carefully drill the plastic out unless someone has a better idea that does not mean removing the flywheel?

For the same reason, I have a 1960 series 1 Lotus 7 in the garage, that I haven't started in over 12 years, but it's still mine!

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Thanks, think its the HT lead . something else just came up, Forty featherweight I bought, a friend is going to pick it up for me near Exeter, any idea of size and weight? he needs to do some preplanning.

thanks, when i look down the barrel,when the points are closed, I would expect the Piston to be near the end of its compression,its not, its only just started the compression stroke, I know that does not affect the lack of spark,just wondered as I have no knowledge of two stroke engines

I know its a stupid question, but at combustion, (points closed) where is the piston?

OK, on my silver Century with wipac 2 ignition,Points are clean and set at 20 thou, new sparkplug, I have circuit from the closed points to the plug, but still no spark,any idea what resistance the HT lead should have and how can I check if the Coil is working?

I spoke to John about this briefly today, he suggested that a quick way to test the magnets was to hold a screwdriver or small spanner close to the flywheel, my WSPCL stuck the older Century (CPL)did not..

Thanks Pat777, Boa worked a treat.

Thanks Guys, I'm a complete newbie at seagulls and was following advice I read on this Forum.
will have another go at it, Sans Drill, on Sunday and see if I can test the HT lead and points

have used the drill on old villiers ignition and it works fine, don't know what the problem is with this method, the seagulls aren't some fragile temperamental thing that need a special blessing to behave, mine get only the normal maintenance and get a lot of work and abuse.
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Pat triple 7, I ended up with a palletising crowd from the UK which gave me superb service.Seller was kind enough to strap both to a small pallet and I declared Engines as spare parts rather than outboard motors and dropped the price to 60 Euro for both on a pallet, funny you should mention Boa ...

True, she might damage the Prop.

Maqybe I can get the mother-in-law to hold the prop ??