Saving Old Seagulls

The prob that may become an issue with the 'just fill it up again ' approach might be in a rolling sea with a hot engine that of course may be running at the time...good luck with that one.

Seagull Outboard........rolling sea..........surely not!

I'll probably get in trouble for saying this ...

a 5hp seagull to go with a 14"mayland boat and this will be my only outboard would this be ok to use i know it may sound a daft question but being a 1st timer to own one and i know i am not wanting to break water speed records i just want to get things right main use is for fishing

The seagull ...

@fleeting contact That's a great mod with the remote fuel tank filler cap.

For those of us not racing I don't get the whole need for a bigger tank thing, what's wrong with just throwing a petrol can in the boat and filling up the gull as required?

petrol can.jpg

There was someone on here with ...

Yet another one!
Interesting paperwork this time!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRITISH-SEAGULL-WARTIME-102-OUTBOARD-/311932592087?hash=item48a0a19fd7:g:o9oAAOSwsjRZhc3U

Nice one, requires a new owner with deeper pockets than mine, nice to see the paperwork too.

sd1 £495.jpg

sd2 £495.jpg

sd3 ...

Purring along nicely.

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A lot of youtube clips have http s in front of them, like your link http s ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Xtby45acA

This will not work on this forum, the forum does not accept https YouTube ...

Were the holes multi purpose, at what stage of the process were the exhausts plated? Did the exhaust tube arrive in plated in full long lengths and was then cut or, did the steel arrive in bare and was then cut and plated? I don't want to derail the thread, just curious if anyone knows.

Could the ...

"Hugz"Yes, I have one of those.

I'm not surprised at all Hugz, you seem to have a lot of stuff, nice looking boat and good colour scheme. Is your one of a similar vintage?,surely not, it looks as good as new.


Power For Surf Boats Aka New Motorised Surf Boat (1962)
http://www.youtube.com/watch ...

Good pictures there tambikeboy, shows the order of things well.

Here is a youtube clip of villiers carb disassembly, cleaning and reassembly.

Hugz wrote:Besides I don't think John would put all his sold motors onsite

That sounds like some secret insider information there Hugz! Do share.....

When Jon started saying, this and that had been changed, it got me to thinking is this actually the one that John Williams sold in November 2013. Maybe John Williams sold a different SD other than the one in November 2013. If you click on the "John Williams" picture and zoom in, you can just about ...

This motor was sold to the current owner a couple of years ago by John Williams. John Williams who runs Saving old Seagulls and this forum.


I remember that engine being on the SOS website, in fact the pics might still be there.

If you scroll down a bit on this link you can see more of the ...

The photographs.

Before and after...

Here is the sd from November 2013 http://www.saving-old-seagulls.co.uk/items_for_sale/items_for_sale.htm

http://www.saving-old-seagulls.co.uk/items_for_sale/images/SD%20IMGP9338.JPG

http://www.saving-old-seagulls.co.uk/items_for_sale/images/SD%20IMGP9335.JPG

Sales blurb ...

http://www.saving-old-seagulls.co.uk/buy_spares/buy_spares.htm

Whitworth spanners. That special obstruction spanner, ring spanner and 1/4 BSF socket back in stock!! Sadly though I have no tool rolls left, just the spanners. £12.50 set.

http://www.saving-old-seagulls.co.uk/buy_spares/whitworth ...

5/16 BSF ?

...I'm fairly sure they are 5/16 British Standard Fine, guessing on this forum is frowned upon though, so perhaps wait for someone else to confirm.

Here is my source.
viewtopic.php?t=6040

Cylinder head bolts 5/16 BSF