Saving Old Seagulls

Rex NZ - thanks for the pics - useful - now I 'get it' !

Manifold - the target is a boat similar to a Drascombe Lugger: a displacement hull, so a big, slow prop is what I'm working towards.

I think if I was given the choice between a BS & a B & S powered outboard to use to cross the Atlantic I would get further but slower with a classic Seagull! Ah - don't misunderstand me Charles - I've got more Seagulls that I care to admit to, and I've no intention of selling 'em or modifyi...

Thanks for the replies - this sort of thing is obviously of interest to the mavericks amongst us .... The underlying reasons behind this project are: a) seems that there aren't any 'sensible' outboards out there any more - meaning low-geared with BIG props. b) B&S engines are 4-stroke and econom...

John makes some very sound comments regarding Seagull horsepower on his site, and I recently came across a Villiers document which states that their 98cc Mk10 Stationery Engine is rated at 1 HP @ 2,000 rpm and 1.3HP @ 3,000 rpm. The reason I'm writing about this is that I'm just getting around to ac...

On the 102 AC and similar models there's a wing nut which varies tension on the tiller arm, by courtesy of a rubber insert inside the tiller arm lug's conical bore. For now, I've replaced the wing nut with 2 x plain nuts from the junk box, as the original wing nut had it's wings busted off. I'd like...

The water inlet block mounted on the side of the exhaust tube on a 102 serves a dual purpose. The first is to inject water into the exhaust to cool & quieten the exhaust gases. The second to act as a tell tale & a pressure relief hole. Both of which are fairly important functions, not somet...

Bought a 1946-7 102 last year in a farm 'closing down' sale - looks like it had spent the last 10-20 years in a barn collecting dirt and bird poo. You may be able to guess the rest: cleaned the points, cleaned the carb bowl (some gunge) and filter (was completely blocked), checked the tank fuel filt...

pizey wrote:This is all I know, I have not had the outboard that long and there is no info about the outboard anywhere .
The user manual, just gives the basics.

Only a year later ....

If you need the servicing manual/parts list etc for the Midget engine - just yell - around 4.5Mb in jpg's.

Porters in Wisbech had some useful tube a while back, although a little bigger than you want. I bought only a foot of the stuff to make some adapters with. It's 33.4mm OD, and has a 3mm wall thickness. I believe it to be 316. Stainless at the time was £1/kg. It might be worth checking their yard to...

Porters in Wisbech had some useful tube a while back, although a little bigger than you want. I bought only a foot of the stuff to make some adapters with. It's 33.4mm OD, and has a 3mm wall thickness. I believe it to be 316. Stainless at the time was £1/kg. It might be worth checking their yard to ...

In my SCUBA diving days, we used to use Citric Acid (ex brewing supplies shops) to remove marine concretion from recovered artifacts. I still use it to clean furred kettles. Tablespoonful to a pint. Welsh water will also clean furred kettles if you're not in a rush - so regular flushing of the engin...

I was looking for a Mariner impellor on Ebay earlier this evening, and stumbled across a bloke selling outboard spares, including those for Seagulls. So I had a quick looksee at the Seagull bits, just in case he had something of interest. Now maybe I'm out of touch with prices, but £40 (+ p&p) f...

This idea shamelessly lifted from another site - but thought worthy of passing on ... How to fill an outboard fitted with an integral fuel-tank (especially those in awkward positions) without spills. http://www.shallowwatersailor.us/swsmanual/mods/gascan.jpg Fit a commercial twist valve - or similar...

If anyone's in the Wisbech area - EP140 can be bought from Boston Crop Sprayers (next to the marina, opposite ASDA) at £8 for 5 litres.

They also offered to source SAE250 if there's enough demand.

Colin

Interesting. What's the state of the aluminium castings ? Graphite and copper are a long way from ally on the electrochemical scale so serious galvanic corrosion should be expected. If not, I wonder why not ?

Certainly copper-bearing anti-seize should *never* be used on ally marine engines.

Colin