Saving Old Seagulls

The EFPC should be fitted with the Amal 416 carb, & the main jet should be numbered 95.
Can you confirm that this is correct?

With the fuel tank half full of the correct petrol mix (25 : 1) remove the black plastic float bowl which just unscrews, open the fuel cap air vent & turn on the petrol tap ...

I think I preferred the plywood bonnet, & as an Austrailian member stated "nice legs" shame they're not on display.

There will be a minimum standard of dress required.

All middle aged men will be required to wear trousers & some form of covering over their upper torso's, footwear is optional as we might expect Cornish visitors.

RBT stillettos are not considered suitable for boating.

Children, wives & bits of ...

If it is still reluctant after doing all Rick suggests.

Replace the 5/16 pinch bolt but from the wrong side ( from the threaded side first not the unthreaded side as it should be) when the pinch bolt starts to protrude from the thread in the water pump housing insert a 20p coin into the central ...

Hugoo there is a man in NZ with a couple one of which he rescued from your country.

Bruce you've got it bad mate!
And you might find it difficult to find a Seagull addiction counciller (if I could spell it) way out there in the far flung reaches of the old British Empire.

Therapy is free here!

John you might well find that a good used cylinder will cost you more than a resonable complete motor.
Try John He often has them & also stocks new ones.

Perhaps you should just strip this motor for spares, which are always worth having, & start looking for a runner.

There are several styles of male & female tank fittings, just find the cheapes ones you can, a 1/4 BSP barbed fitting would do the job for a lot less money if you can find one.
In that case you would just have to push the fuel pipe on to it & hold with a cable tie or a jubliee clip.

Just remember ...

On the 125, 170, Kingfisher & the 5R is was done with a crankcase pulse operated Amal fuel pump as detailed in the parts book.

But it was only used in conjuntion with the Amal 420 carb, fitted with the rubber tipped brass needle valve, as the 416, 418 & 419 Amal carbs seem to have insufficient ...

Due to the Century's lack of a fuel pump it is not possible to fit a remote tank in the normal way without considerable engineering work on the crankcase.

A lot of Seagull racers fit a remote tank by modifing an old fuel cap to permit a remote tank hose fitting connector to be screwed into the fuel ...

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Check this out on Google Earth, not a place to get ship wrecked.

Thanks Pete

Study the engine number list on the identify your Seagull page.

OK your right Sorry

Oh no it isn't

Not an SD it's a D post war looks correct, looks OK.
Not dear.