Saving Old Seagulls

Update! Wilbur has taken exception to being called an Albatross, it is a Seagull and he has let me know by pecking me in both ears. I went out after a violent rainstorm just now, took the choke flap out, wrapped the rope round the pulley and pulled, the damn thing nearly did a vertical take off, mot...

Serial number WSL42A4
Longshaft Century

Many thanks!

I am naming this outboard Wilbur, after the Ancient Mariner's best friend (the one he shot with his crossbow, the Albatross, Wilbur was the Albatross in The Rescuers by the way). I have ascertained a few things. 1 ) The motor is not seized. 2 ) It has not got blocked cooling system. 3 ) It dribbles ...