Saving Old Seagulls

I'm getting round to fixing my newly acquire Kingfisher.
I dismantled the pump and was surprised to find it was factory painted on the inside, including on the 'wet' side of the diaphragm. Not surprisingly, the paint had melted by having sat in petrol for years, and was gumming things up. Is there ...

Please can someone explain how the thrust block reverse lock works on my 1987 Kingfisher? The system isn't the more recent one (where the thrust block lock is connected to the gear shift rod), but is just a simple caliper with an open section that just fits around a rubber sleeve/bush around the ...

The gearbox of my newly refurbished Silver Century is now full of oil. Fingers crossed that I got away with that blunder.
I cleaned the carb, and gapped the plug (the gap was way too narrow) and it's certainly running better, but still a bit erratic even in neutral.
Also noticeable is that (in the ...

Thanks Hugz. I'll have a furtle in the carb to check what's what.

Thanks guys. You've reassured me a bit.
I've since filled it up, and when I'm feeling brave I'll have another go, and hope a load of iron filings doesn't emerge from the gear casing.
It'd be a shame to be the owner of the prettiest non-functioning Seagull in the land!

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Please could I ask some advice?

I bought some parts from SOS recently in order to have my Silver Century refurbished by someone else. The finished result looks fabulous and I'm very pleased with it.

I tried it out on the river on my motor launch at the weekend. I was using the launch's own ...