Saving Old Seagulls

Hi there,
I'm selling my seagull on ebay.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300745779735? ... 1555.l2649

item 300745779735 if the above link doesnt work
Many thanks
Mark

Thanks all for being so helpful.

I think it would be a good lesson for me to take it apart and give it a good overhaul. Are there any gaskets I need to be wary of if I do this? Any spare parts I need to have ready?

Cheers guys

Mark

So what you are all saying is probably diesel would do instead of a 2 stroke oil and petrol? Thanks for all your help, I'll do that.



Only joing, Thanks for all the advise folks. I've bought some of the TCW-3 from the internet. I'll mix a tank at a time and take a spare tank with me.

Thanks again ...

Thanks for the info. I'll be doing that.

Something you wrote which confused me. You said drain out the oil? The oil will not drain out, it's like vaseline in there. grey THICK oil. It doesn't flow off. I wonder if it just needs topping up.

Thanks for that,

can anybody answer how much oil I should be putting in? IS it right up to the cap or ould that be leaking out into the canal when it gets warm and the pressure builds up?

Cheers

Mark

Thanks to all who helped me out with my previous enquiry
my next few are:

1. Which two stroke oil do I mix with the unleaded to make the fuel?
2. Where is the cheapest place in the uk to get this (either local to stafford or other wise to include postage to stafford)?
3. I believe, as my engine is ...

thanks for the help,

I live in stafford (UK)
The bottle of oil was £5 to my door so not that expensive. My only concern is the label was rather hand printed so it may not be that oil in the bottle. Could somebody advise the cheapest place to get the correct oil to mix with the unleaded My engine I ...

Good Evening folks.

I am a beginner to boats let alone Seaguls and have purchased an old Seagul (1948)
I followed your instructions on how to start it and it started, ran and pumped water on first pull. Lucky me :)

One question though. When I took the gear box plug out and had a butchers inside ...