Saving Old Seagulls

I used 1 kilo of caustic soda to 10 litres of water and immersed the entire tank in it as I wanted to remove the paint also. The verdigris had gone after a days worth of soaking, the paint just needed a bit of a scrub to remove it. Be careful if you don't want to spoil the outside of the tank. It ...

Stripped down the entire fuel system today and found verdigris everywhere, the tank was full of it. The particles were of various sizes blocking everything. Cleaned all parts and washed out the tank several times with some white spirits.
Also removed the drive head and flushed the head with water ...

Thanks for your help Phil. I have pretty much cleaned out the entire fuel system but can't remember if I cleaned the filter on the carb, I think I'll remove the carb again and give it a complete clean.
Regarding the coolant flow, I have already back flushed it, so bits of corrosion did come out ...

Hi all
I just purchased a Forty Plus (FP1990E9) a few weeks ago, gave it a good clean up and managed to get it running fine in my wheelie bin. When I took it out today on the canal it started but after only a few minutes it lost power and died, took about 5 minutes before it would start again but it ...