Saving Old Seagulls

The gearbox of my newly refurbished Silver Century is now full of oil. Fingers crossed that I got away with that blunder. I cleaned the carb, and gapped the plug (the gap was way too narrow) and it's certainly running better, but still a bit erratic even in neutral. Also noticeable is that (in the t...

Thanks Hugz. I'll have a furtle in the carb to check what's what.

Thanks guys. You've reassured me a bit. I've since filled it up, and when I'm feeling brave I'll have another go, and hope a load of iron filings doesn't emerge from the gear casing. It'd be a shame to be the owner of the prettiest non-functioning Seagull in the land! see pics at https://photos.app....

Please could I ask some advice? I bought some parts from SOS recently in order to have my Silver Century refurbished by someone else. The finished result looks fabulous and I'm very pleased with it. I tried it out on the river on my motor launch at the weekend. I was using the launch's own inboard e...