Saving Old Seagulls

Hugs, at least 2 years ago I posted pictures of a Seagull technical report basically explaining why stainless steel was not suitable for use as drive shaft tubes.

Sorry young man, I seem to be living in the past.

Wasn't Keith talking about L shaped brass transom screws?

Nice work on that thread H-A!

Your braver than me.

Nudge we're have a discussion about whether we should change the title of this thread to "Pimp up your Seagull" & your screen name to "King of Bling"!

Your putting us all to shame!

Very impressive.

That must have been a long time ago, my remaining hair is a lot lighter now!

I've never seen one, I'd guess at this being home done. The number wasn't stamped on the crankcase at Seagull until the unit passed through the full test tank tests, the number was taken from the build book & then the crankcase was stamped & the motor went off to packing, we believe the fuel...

Scotsman!

They even would steal your stilettos & my legs look terrible without shoes!

Now you understand why the Romans built that wall!

If you get an overnight at Heathrow let me know.

I wonder if the answer is model dependent.

As they were produced from 48 to 82 & had 6 different models.

Does the flywheel move at all in either direction? "No" Fill your old spark plug with as much grease as you can, then with the cylinder head facing up, fill the cylinder with a diesel & two-stroke oil mix right to the top of the threads & screw the spark plug home tight after marki...

If you conduct a pole you'd probably find several, this is what happens if you don't instruct the chrome platers NOT to POLISH in any way the bottom 1 5/8" of a drive shaft tube before plating!

It's been discussed several times over the last 15 years on here.

To remove Chrome, then Nickel then Copper which is the order they have to (chemically/electrically dissolved/unplated )on steel, the copper layer not needed on brass (brass tube is about 80% copper), just go to the chrome platers & have them strip it which is what they do, before it get's re-pla...

That's going to hit your water pump housing!

So it might be a £30 problem but it might be 10 times that much, so could be beyond economic repair, offer him what it's worth to you, if he gets offended then he can keep it.