Saving Old Seagulls

On offer to you Gents on here , my Ferrier 120. I don't have to preach to you just how rare these are , even rarer in this condition , excellant castings , mechanically spot-on. Runs like a Swiss Rolex. PM me , and I'll give you my landline number. Before you ask , I don't have the faintest idea how...

Charles uk wrote:Didn't Auto Products only use 34 & 80cc Jap power units?

Obviously not Charles , I've never seen another one with the JLO engine , but the leg , transom clamp and bottom end are definately Auto Products.

Andy.

Bruce , looks like a late Coventry Auto Products , they seem to go the same route as Sea-Bees in using the GHASTLY JLO power unit.

Andy.

At present this is a bit of a head scratcher , I would totally agree that the mains would have to have excessive wear in them to cause bad running , the most likely cause for this in older marine engines is long standing , allowing rust to build up on the crank journals , and then the usual "cl...

Charles , any further details.

Andy.

Not sure if John would have any , it's a fairly painstaking job fitting new main bushes , I've never done it on a Seagull , but have on other twostrokes.Obviously a quality in-line reamer is required , coupled with infinite patience , but it can be done , and the end result (provided everthing else ...

What condition are your main (crank) bearings in , sounds like loss of crankcase compression , they are a VITAL part of a healthy twostroke.

Andy.

Nice , very nice ............ the water in that barrel looks a bit to "clean"

Andy.

That's not a 'No' at all, it's just me being under petticoat governance at the moment. She Who Must Be Obeyed is at her most active this week, shopping for dresses, running around doing stuff and generally causing mayhem. Ribbons, flowers, all manner of weird stuff going on; clucking and twittering...

twostrokenut wrote:Would a Ferrier be welcome , if so I may pop down and have a look.

Andy.

I'll take that as a NO then .

Andy.

Would a Ferrier be welcome , if so I may pop down and have a look.

Andy.

Charles , are any other makes of outboard welcome , or is it strictly Gulls.

Andy.

Bruce , did you recieve my E-Mail OK.

Andy.

I'm at long last making progress with my Ferrier rebuild , it's looking quite probable that it should run OK , mechanically very sound.
Have any of you chaps got any info on them , any snippets would be greatly appreciated.
As far as I can tell , it's the 120cc model.

Many thanks Andy.

What year is yours ?? , my Ferrier has a Wico ignition , and looks to be quite "modern"

Andy.