Saving Old Seagulls

Mariner

The only difficult bit is machining the hole down the middle of a solid lump. Extended drill bits and reamers. 720mm deep 43mm bore, i took me all day just to drill it by hand,the rest is easy enough. The wheels came from a casting place in America who specialise in cannons.

Spark plug Grease nipple adapter

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2567120268

Well this 1.692" would probably stop an elephant then.
Anyway stuck piston -- did we find out if its at the top or at the bottom of the stroke?

Its only 40% scale napoleon. One shot and then ten minuites to clean and reload. 43mm steel ball goes a fair distance but its not very precise. out of 10 shots aimed at the same target with a scope mounted on the barrel only 1 hit the spot the others all missed. But thats smooth bore canons for you....

My little big toy

Well it is bonfire nite tomorrow so that should mask the sound of the bang when the c4 goes off. It definetly wont be stuck in the bore then. But if that doesnt work give me a shout we could always chain it to the front of my cannon and shoot the ball through the bore to clear it

Everyone has their own special syrup but they all seem to contain some sort of slippy liquid and some heat if you feel necessary. How much heat is all down to how stuck it is. I hav in the past boiled stuck things in kerosene on a camping stove in the middle of the garden with a piece of wood over t...

230deg C.

How hots a hot chip pan.I Didnt measure it. Nxt time i will. Whats the flash point of cooking oil?

Before you get into hot compessed fuel in the cylinder. Try just heating some oil. In a pan and pour it into the cylinder through the plug hole. Chip pan hot oil. You could Make dinner while your at it. Then let the hot oil hav 5 minuites while you eat your chips and give it a little turn. Back and ...

On ebay right now in maldon essex.
Has a supressor lead on it
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2868186162

Any outboard is a good outboard if its looked after and maintained well. Seagulls are reliable because theres not that much to go wrong their so simple theres not that much maintanance to be done. Where as four stroke motors get left with old dirty oil in them year after year because people are too ...

Something else curious on ebay.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2723147109

Looks like a century plus gearbox and stem but has a strange collar at the top,no clutch rod and a left handed aluminium prop.

Ive just learned something. Seagulls flock together. just been given another one. A guy who knows me saw me out in the boat yesterday. Saw i had a seagull so nock nock on my door and any use to you. Holding a long shaft seagull engine in need of some tlc. Couldnt refuse. WSPCL 1403FFS no carb or thr...