Seagull 102 Longshaft with clutch THCL314H4 Bought on e-Bay
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:57 pm
I have recently purchased an old 1964 102 longshaft in fair condition from e-Bay. Sold as a Silver Century. I got it at a very reasonable price and was amazed how big they are. (That's what she said last night...ooh ur misses) It was purchased on trust from the previous owner who guaranteed it was fully working. On inspection it appeared to have not been started for quite some time.... there was no spark at all. After taking the flywheel cover off I could finally see the points and gave them a good clean. After getting a weak spark I noticed there was no spark at the plug end, so I took the HT lead off and saw the real problem, a loose connection. I cleaned the end of the lead and put it all back together, added some 10/1 fresh fuel and gave it a pull. After 3 pulls the old girl was running again, well sort of.... Backfires through the carb..... After cleaning the carb out, which I must say was a really easy job to do. Has the Amal twin jet carb. It fired up first pull... Great on low throttle... tick over like a dream and then pop it stops, Backfiring every 3/4 seconds when on med to high throttle The problem? Timing out? Yes, the flywheel base plate had been put on wrongly by the previous owner and from my observations that is why he sold it... Looked on this great site and HEY PRESTO... Set it to four o clock (I am not mad I did read it on SOS.... believe me!) And bang!!! the old girl is running as good as new again, Starts first pull everytime in a tank of water and goes in and out of gear smoothly and even better no parts needed, just a little reading on SOS and a little TLC... What a result!!!! I am no engineer.... However, with a little reading and some great tips on this site I am confident that even in a force 8 gail I could get that old girl going again if a problem should arise... After having a year of grief with my Yamaha 5hp I have gone completely back to basics again and have two Seagull's a shortshaft minus 40 on my tender and the longshaft 102 on my yacht as a backup. Seagull outboards in my opinion have to be the best no nosense engines pennies can buy..... And I do mean PENNIES... I have now given it a full service and I am planning to test it fully tomorrow on my yacht... Wish me luck!!! Keep up the good work SOS and let's all keep our Seagull's up and running for another eternity.....