Saving Old Seagulls

Thanks Daryl, sorry for the late reply, had a busy weekend. The primary was definitely broken, had no circuit from the cable going to the condensor to ground, I figure its stuffed anyway so I cut the coil apart and found heavy corrosion in patches all throughout it. Some bits were pristine and ...

Thanks Daryl, yours is exactly where I got the whole idea from :D . I tried setting it up as per your diagram but using a mazda tribute coil instead and got nothing, I'm pretty sure its that my primary is stuffed so will have a go at winding just a new primary onto the old coil core and setting it ...

Thanks heaps for the link Keith, I've always wondered how to test coils. It's pretty obvious now in retrospect haha

So my coil tested out as having no circuit in the secondary and a very very low resistance on the primary which sounds about right. In theory since I've got a working primary I should ...

Hi guys, I'm from Newcastle Australia, this is my first time posting on here and I have a challenge for all of you.

I have a Forty Plus seagull that was my grandfathers and am aiming to get it running again to putt his old tender around. This engine has been sitting in a shed for at least 25 years ...