Saving Old Seagulls

A Great Idea" Looks well made to. And yes, shouldve done it years ago.

Daryl wrote:

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This is my other FP525B9. Has a different prop on it, perhaps Seagull use what ever is at hand.

Thats the same prop my January 1971 40 Plus has got. I was told its a 9 inch Dia 4 Blade compound pitch,

Good to have as a spare runner" Never seen a forty plus prop like that one. What type is it.

Yes i agree. Mix your fuel spot on.If you want to use 25-1, Start of with 5 ltr only. (One Us Gallon) Then tip in the exact amount of oil to suit. 200Ml of oil. So thats 200Ml of oil to one Us gallon of fuel. Drain out the old fuel from the tank, and refill with the fresh fuel. And try that.

Just check to see if the clamp that holds the carb onto the inlet tube is all tight, and hard up against the tube. Is this the first time you have used 25-1 mix Try 16-1 mix and see how that goes. Whats it like at half throttle, does it run ok

The brass screw the holds the jet needle into the round slide, has to be flush with the top. Have you got it at that already . If not, Turn the screw till its flush with the top of the slide

I was speaking to an english chap today. (Down here in Oz) We got talking about the british seagulls, He said to me that the reason why the old seagulls are still lasting today is because they were built by the women in england at the time. I didnt want to doubt him, So is this true. Were they all m...

A if its not leaking oil." Theres no oil in it.

I can't imagine or fathom why anyone would think it was appropriate to run a motor at close to full throttle and no load for more than a few seconds at a time. Simple answer??? If its going to blow up. It would of done it there and then, And not out on the water. Thats why they call them test tanks...

None of my Wipac points have covers on them. Runing a Seagull at 4000RPM with no prop on to load it will run rich. Best to set mixture with prop on & pushing a boat. Seagulls are meant to have a load on them. Thanks Daryl. Still learning about these old Stalwarts. After doing a heap of browsing...

Took the flywheel cover of today to have a look underneath, and file and gap the points. I took a pic to show the points. Can anyone out there tell me if the points should have a cover at all.

The top of the carb slide has an adjuster screw for mixture, the screw should sit about flush with the top of the slide. Give it a tune up with the right carb cover. Ive Checked the jet needle. It has got a number 2 on it. So its the 25-1 setup, Its also flush with the top of the slide. I will give...

Its not just coming out the exhaust, it's coming out of every orifice, it's running too rich, if it will not run with the right carb setup, then it's pulling air in. You can run them all day on 10:1 without looking like that. Sometimes you will get an old motor that has been setting around for some...

Run the jet needle on the very bottom clip and see how you go. If you have an air compressor, Blow out all the carby bowl and jets. and anything else that you can blow air threw. Have you tried using SAE-30 4 stroke engine oil. Mix it at 16-1 and see how you go. The SAE30 engine oil mixed at 16-1 pr...

I started the motor up today and gave it a fair run in the test tank. I filled the fuel tank up, and ran it till the tank run dry. I fitted a digital rpm and hour guage to the motor, and set the throttle to 4000rpm roughly. I got 2.6 Hrs on the hour part of the guage. So i am going to take a guess a...