Saving Old Seagulls

Dead right, this is a fine example of local councils serving the needs of the seagull collector. In fact I have two of these tanks - a black one (obviously for running those motors with a 10:1 mix) and a blue one introduced later (naturally this one is for 25:1)

Gentlemen I'm shocked, your local authority were kind enough to provide you with a wheeled refuse container & you abuse this useful gift by filling it with oily water & immersing a running outboard motor. Disgraceful!
I know where both of you live, so both the Toowomba & Poole councils will get an anomous letter from me cataloging your transgressions, in the hope that justice will catch up with you.
Both the countries in which you reside are suffering from water shortages & all you can do is waste more of it & you pollute it with internal combustion byproducts.
Your names are going down in my little black book.
When the revolution starts, I will have some suitable names for the firing squad.
Don't worry, your best motors will be going to a good home.

Repent
Charles

Oh Dear!

Victor Meldrew is a registered user!

I'll have you know that the local recycling officer is one of my foredeck crew - she handles the spinnaker very niftily - and she has officially approved my use of what you call a refuse bin. Her brother sold me my favourite 40 plus, and everything in the garden is rosy.

I shall replace all my 25:1 jets and needles and revert to 10:1 as a protest at your unfeeling attitude!

I must remind you to take your medication on time, Charles

IVe used my rubbish bin (aka 'trash can' on this side of the pond and have discovered another use - after Ive run all 5 members of my flock for an hour or two, I pour the water (plus other components) into the drain and notice the mosquitoes disappear for two weeks...

Im sure its the noise from the Seagulls that confuses them..

Last fall I fished a perfectly sound 55 gallon polyethylene barrel from the Hudson near my slip - I might convert that to a test tank this SPring.

CatiGull

I use a wheelie bin (obtained legit - honest!) in which I use a car 'wash and wax' solution. Makes pretty bubbles whilst you watch your pride and joy burble away, but my theory is that a neutral or slightly alkaline product is circulating the engine, and a small wax deposit is coating the cylinder water jacket when the engine is out of use for long periods, which mine usually are. RickUK

Rick! that certainly must take the biscuit! You must polish the inside of the water jacket more than I polish my car.

If I polished my car more would it last as long as a seagull, does anybody know?

Regards.

Alan.

Do you empty the rubbish out first???

Sorry now but I am going to put on my "serious " hat!

The best test tank I have seen is a circular tank in a boatyard with a wooden structure cantelevered over the water pointing towards the centre of the tank. The engine to be tested thereby was angled so that it rotated the water around the tank so giving a flow past the engine. This is ideal for a Seagull as a lot of the cooling depends on the motion of the engine through the water. I have been keeping a look out for a dumped circular loft water tank for this use. For the information of forumites who are not familiar with UK plumbing it was used to supply our bathwater upstairs.
Not used much nowadays. No No No The tank, not the bath!

Regards.

Alan

chris wrote:Do you empty the rubbish out first???

OI! Are you referring to my car?

I'm getting some good ideas from these technical submissions!!
To Chris - I leave the rubbish in the bin, so that my Seagulls have an introduction to the condition of the river they will be confronted with.
The cans make a funny pinging noise as they go past the prop, but I can't get a shopping trolley in the bin - sorry - test tank - per the river.
To Alan - I can get the water to whizz round my square wheelie bin and go in the general direction of the water pickup by pivotting the motor as if steering to starboard (tiller to port) [nautical terms].
Should I test an engine in the bath whilst ladywife is in there, to save on water and give her a jacuzzi effect? Rick.

RickUK wrote:.
Should I test an engine in the bath whilst ladywife is in there, to save on water and give her a jacuzzi effect? Rick.

You could try this if you want to give Her Indoors grounds for divorce. Must go down as unreasonable behaviour.

It all depends on if you owned the Seagull before you met her. If you already owned the Seagull then she must expect this sort of behaviour and any judge would throw it out of court.

Could save a bit on bath oil though!

Regards.

Alan.

Having sat here and read the posts I will be forwarding my chiroprators bill to Rick uk and others as between then I was rolling on the floor with laughter...
I also use a wheelie bin to run up the outbords... it now has two tide lines from the short and long shaft eng's run there... I would like to warn you all the the blades on the silver c plus can cut thro the plastic dont go for a cuppa and leave running..... will leave you to fill the gaps lol
Stephen