Saving Old Seagulls

Thanks, Keith.P.

As you can see from my previous reply, the water feed tube was the problem - as you suggested might be the case, earlier.

Unfortunately, I damaged the flange on the rear of the water pump housing, so will have to replace it now.

Well, we did manage to split it in the end, but it was a bit of a struggle. Your trick with the bottom drive tube clamp worked a treat Hugz, but the next problem was that the water transfer tube was seriously stuck/corroded in the pump. A combination of a long piece of wood, folding wedges and a lot...

Great tip about opening the clamp up a bit, Hugz. Thank you very much. Will give it a try when I'm next at my grandson's, next week. I'm sure that will work, and thinking about it, if it's still too tight to free with a gentle tap, I could always block out between the block and the gearbox with leng...

Thanks again, KeithP. We'll give it a try. I'm concerned about damage. Would be happier with something like a small jack expanding between the pieces of wood, but don't think there's enough room.

And yes, Charlesuk, the nuts have been removed.

Thank you, KeithP.

Is the best place to tap downwards the top of the gearbox, in between the exhaust and drive tubes?

And, while doing this, is it OK to support the outboard using its transom mounting, or better for somebody to hold it?

I'm 'helping' one of my grandsons restore his 1967 Century 100, and would be grateful for a brief outline of the sequence for stripping it down. In particular, how we separate the engine, gearbox, exhaust and prop shaft tubes. We have freed the clamp where the prop shaft tube goes into the gearbox a...

Thanks for the advice, Jon. That's sorted it. I had wondered about trying to lever the slide up, but was concerned about damaging it, or the needle. Anyway, with your encouragement, after a week soaking in WD40, I gently applied some pressure and the slide moved slightly. More WD and some gentle sli...

Thanks for the strip-down animation. I haven't got the carb here, but from the animation, it looks as if it should be possible to withdraw the throttle slide (and needle) from the main body once the screw ring and top disc have been removed, simply by pulling the throttle cable upwards. Perhaps the ...

I've been helping my grandson get a Century 100 running. It was given to him with an unknown history. Anyway, with a little fettling we got it to run in a dustbin. Then we discovered the throttle was jammed open. After a week letting the WD40 soak in, we got the top screw ring and disc off the throt...