Saving Old Seagulls

Not much of an update as I've been pretty busy with general life but have started to clean a few bits up. Not a lot to report though!

I worked on a boat yesterday though that had a seagull fish finder! They had the transom clamp and exhaust tube rigged up with no prop, power head or anything else ...

Got the Gearbox open, There was plenty of oil but quite a lot of sand also which made it a nice paste like substance but all was still turning freely. To be fair, I have opened up worse looking gearboxes on engines less than 12 months old. Having trouble getting the prop off but ran out of gas in ...

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Going to try and get the gearbox apart later on today hopefully. It turns fine so there's hope there.

I'm not sure what to make of the whole discussion about But if pouring money into trash is more fun then pouring money into utility have at her.
I picked up the engine for virtually ...

Thanks for all the comments and advice folks. Hopefully I have a replacement block on the way in the near future kindly from a forum member who got in touch this morning! Just been out for a quick look again and it is now in bits on the bench. The only problem I have at the moment is the gearbox. I ...

Ah, thanks Charles. This could mean the engine is in pretty original state. The plug I pulled was a Champion 8 but was planning on putting in a D16 as per the forum advice.

Dan.

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Thanks for the replies guys. The flywheel was actually where I first started but the nut was not budging so I have left it overnight to soak a little. Hopefully at some point over the weekend i will be able to remove it and start at the top. There should be a Wipac mk2 under there I hope. The ...

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Picked up my first Seagull yesterday, just been out in the garage tonight to have a good look at it. It's a 40+ FP1172F2 June 1972

Well, it's not pretty but I like a challenge and think its worth having a crack at. From the outset it has a lot of salt build up around most parts and all ...