Saving Old Seagulls

I'll check that out later today, I also saw while I had it out that there are at least 4 soldered joints which may or may not have a broken connection.
I agree that this intermittent fault screams to be some sort of a loose connection so I will check all of the accessible connections tonite and see ...

And back to square one ... today no spark anymore after transporting it in the trunk of our car ...
So obviously CDI is shot...

After almost a year I feel like I owe everyone a followup (I don't like forum posts that aren't getting solved ;))

So I initially started building a puller and was basically all set to use it, when other projects during the winter and spring have kind of distracted me from working on the seagull ...

OK, sorry now I am a little bit confused.

You said:
If you drill & tap the existing hole (4mm dia)

Is that the existing hole for the spacer that you used, or did I misunderstand which existing hole you were talking about?


Also one other point is not completely clear to me:

" then the guide ...

That looks really nice!

So just to make sure that I understand that right.
The flywheel has a steel collar in the middle (is that also true for the MkIII flywheel?) which already has one hole in it (besides the small hole that takes the guide pin for the steel extension where the flywheel pulley ...

Still haven't actually been able to take off the flywheel, I suppose I will shoot CharlesUK a PM and see if he can give me a hint what that puller would look like.

Now the seagull is becoming a real beast, I can test it in the garage and it usually works, as soon as I go out and I kind of need the ...

Hey Guys,

I have somewhat recently acquired a ESC Silver Century with an electronic CD ignition (WIPAC Mk III) that is behaving somewhat strangely.

When I bought it, the previous owner told me that it has no spark (which lead to me getting it for a price too low to pass it up)
After having it in ...