Saving Old Seagulls

I'll supply the boat too...

FREE!!!


We just have to get there when the tide is low....

I can't even give it away?

Surely, my wrenching skills aren't THAT bad...


Don't be shy now boys and girls, I'll let the board know when it's gone....

Yup, Free seagull. Come get it. An SOS exclusive offer.... Located in Surrey BC (Canada, eh) close to #10 highway and 132. As seen in this thread: http://www.saving-old-seagulls.co.uk/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6574&start=15 and this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTiDw3xpym0...

I believe this is a fourty plus (at least the prop says that) There are remnants of "gold" paint on the flywheel and was manufactured May 1973
serial number FPL 747EE3

"Add enough oil to cover large crown gear in gear assembly"

That's not very much oil....

Is there a quantity/capacity?

There are plenty of repairs and upgrades to be done before this can be run on a lake....

Cleaned the yellow goo out of the gearbox. That crap was stubborn!
Everything looked healthy inside once done.

EP140 oil I believe I need to replace it with. Fill to the bottom of the fill hole?

Thanks for the feedback.

I'll get that done as one of the small jobs.

I have now got it running. Video in the thread "found it in the river"

Not too sure what to tell you fellows, https://youtu.be/iTiDw3xpym0 Abandoned and left for dead in the Fraser River. Little bit of elbow grease was used to clean things up and a bit of silicone gasket maker. I just realized, I was going to put silicone gasket maker on the head gasket and I haven't d...

Slap the headgasket in there and torque it down as is? goop it up with silicone gasket maker then slap it in as is? I saw one youtube video where the guy heat it up with a propane torch before reuse. (looks like it cooled before being placed) What would the purpose of that be? What prep to reuse the...

Ummmm.....
This is the point in this thread that'll make most cringe...

That looks like a good enough gap right there.... (I don't have a feeler gauge yet)
"It's not just good, It's good enough"
Spun the flywheel by hand and got spark!

That was my logic in assembling with open end down as well...

Going back through the pictures from when I disassembled I noticed it was open end up.

Thought I would ask.

Thanks,

The wist pin is a tube that is closed off at one end.

When I pulled the motor apart the closed side of the wrist pin was pointed to the exhaust port.
When I reassembled the open side was pointed to the exhaust port. (oops...)

Does it matter?

It's pitted. It looks to be some chrome covered steel. That has occurred everywhere that wasn't covered by the bearing. It'll run on that alright, maybe not for very long, but it'll run... I'm thinking the bearing will get torn up by the roughness of it. I suppose I can find some really fine sandpap...

Now it's ugly....

I don't think I can run on this....



wrist pin from the piston.

Now it starts getting ugly....

This is the crank shaft bearing surfaces. discoloured but not badly pitted.