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by sjp202w9
Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:27 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Hi - new, and asking all the familiar questions!
Replies: 20
Views: 26184

UPDATE..........

Clamped it to the garden gate and tried it with a small amount of two stroke mix left over from my lawn mower which died last year (I know its wrong, but it was just to see if it fired)

Compression with plug in is strong, take plug out and it spins freely, but nothing would make it fire into life ...
by sjp202w9
Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:43 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Hi - new, and asking all the familiar questions!
Replies: 20
Views: 26184

Thansk for the replies!

Will attempt to initiate divorce proceedings by trying to get engine running as described this weekend - but at the risk of sounding dumb, i guess the best way to stop the engine is to block the carb intake? shutting fuel tap (if it works!) could take a while to starve it of ...
by sjp202w9
Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:31 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Hi - new, and asking all the familiar questions!
Replies: 20
Views: 26184

Hi - new, and asking all the familiar questions!

Evening!

Just purchased my first Seagull - been able to ID it as a Forty Plus, but can't decipher the date code - so first and most obvious qestion is..... how olds SJP202W9?

Next question is just as obvious - anyone local (CharlesP?) who would be prepared to help me strip it down for restoration ...