Saving Old Seagulls

Surprisingly, all the bolts and nuts have so far yielded without recourse to either oil or heat. I'm going to look for a new block, but in the mean time I'll [s]bodge[/s] repair the one I have, as it runs ok, and I have the 40 as a backup. I was quite impressed with it, it pushed the boat with ease,...

Oh dear oh dear.
Or words to that effect.

Oh dear.
It's like getting underneath a Transit (don't ask me how I know this..)

A short clip of the Seagull disturbing the peace at the Mumbles...

https://youtu.be/eeqbbYptmj0

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Thanks Charles, I am not going to take the gearbox apart, as it works fine, and when I checked the 'oil ' it was a good, creamy emulsion, rather than the crud that came out of my Fourty earlier this year. So, today we managed to take the 90 out for a proper test run pushing our 16' cuddy around Swan...

A few more pictures. Does anybody have, or know where I can find, any info on the alternator and the connector that iscattached to the wire. I wonder if it's original.

Thanks. The seller told me that his friend had fixed a 'pinhole' in the cylinder, that it was stronger than original (yeah, right..) and when I mentioned that the head would have to come off ( pile on the negatives to drive down the price ;-) ), he insisted that that was not a good idea. The overall...

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I tried to resist. Honestly.... Bought a tatty but running 90 today, needs a stripdown and plenty of tlc, but first impressions in the bin were of a good running gull, and a fairly smooth gearbox. The recoil is working, if a bit stiff. Not checked the alternator output yet, I'll hook it up to a batt...

"What say the rest of you"... For what my opinion is worth ( and I realise that for many that will be very little), I am getting a distinct impression that the Seagull company had a very slapdash approach to everything. If it was available on the shop floor, it would be used? Even if it wa...

Only a country like Britain could develop three different tool size standards, and use them all at the same time, at random...

I like my engine, because it pushes my boat.

Seagull likes tickover.

https://youtu.be/0dLCiA6eMeE