Saving Old Seagulls

I just cleaned all the carb jets ect and the fuel pipe to the carb had some dirt in it as could see it when turned the fuel on, put her back together and all seems well..

Regards tom

Been out on the river with her today and she ran well didnt have any complaints. I think i will have to get a silver century though as she could do with a bit more poke!

Appologies i will have a look at it now, keep you posted.

Regards Tom

yes she pumps plenty of water as it feels luke warm. I will have to have a look at the screw later this afternoon. Is there a factory reset eg 2 turns out from closed on screw a or anything? Thanks for all the help.

Regards Tom

What does the littlew screw on the carb do? is there a factory setting for this?

regards tom

It says the files are to big to post can i email them to some one? Are they any factory settings for the carb? Its pushing a dory dinghy with couple of people init. I wouldnt of thought it wouldnt of been to much for the little seagull...

Regards tom

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I checked today and cleaned the carb although she looked pretty good. I cleaned the tank aswell ect. I ran her again in the river tonight and was the same as yesterday a bit worse if anything else. The tap appears dry but the carb appears to be quite wet the ...

yes once she started i pulled it back out the way out of the carb.

Regards tom

Although it says long shaft its got a short on at the moment..

the engine is in my unit from memory its sjp19713l i think... When it starts it revs nicely and goes well then after few seconds dies off and plods along so to speak doesnt make much difference if you open the throttle up much more...

Hi there i have just bought a little 40+ and a pram dinghy for it, the engine has been stood about 4 years before i got her anyway seen her running and done the deal, tonight is the first night i have used her in the water and to begin with when just started her she went very well and sounded it ...