Light maintenance

[Keith.P]

As the weather was so good, I thought I would spent some time in the shed and pull a motor apart, prior to restoration type of thing.
As this one didn't look so bad on the outside, I wanted to see what it looked like on the inside, surprisingly it was a lot better than I thought it would be.
I originally wanted to pull it apart, as I suspected some parts to be non original, I.E. clench bolt gearbox for starters, but as usual I was wrong, drive tube knurled one end plain the other, People who know, will know.

[Keith.P]

I spent some time in the shed today and started to put the LS motor back together again, pretty easy going, as its in fair condition already.

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But did notice one thing, out of three Villiers ignition seagulls in the shed around me, every stator plate was different

The first one is a dusty FVP and this has no skirt around the base of the ignition plate, the second is the LS I'm working on and it has half a skirt around it and the last one is, I think, an LLS and this has about ninety percent of the stator skirted. it looks like its a safety mod added as seagulls progress.

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[poptop2]

Nice collection there Sir!

Would you call it a "flock" of se-----s?

Sorry

[Keith.P]

You could call it a flock, I also had a sort out, dig out and a thin out today, well most of them.

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After all that, I'm totally flocked.

[Oyster 49]

When did you get the early 102? Is it a SD?

[Keith.P]

I think I got that last year, I would rather it had been a short shaft with clutch, but its just a plain old D.

[Collector Inspector]

Ignition plates.

Indeed Sir, well spotted.

B

[Keith.P]

The fuel tank on my LS is smaller than all the other oval seagull tanks, I suspect it maybe the same size as the FV/FVP on its end tank, even the early plain sided tanks are bigger, something else that got standardized.

[Keith.P]

I pulled two SJP's apart today, the serial numbers are about a thousand difference between them, about 1959-60.
Maybe one has had some work on it in the past who knows, but once they are pulled apart you can see some major differences.
Not seen the seal around the exhaust before.

[Keith.P]

Well I got the LS basically finished, not going to do the tank until I have more than one to do.
I did come across one problem, the swivel transom mount was screwed and wired up, but had never been adjusted, so it was loose and had worn down the front part of the mount, so the transom only just misses the engine block when it moves.
I cannot replace this part even though it looks the same as a standard transom, it is not the same.
So its good to have the old motors with screws and bolts still wired up, so they don't fall off, but not so good as they have never been adjusted.