Saving Old Seagulls

Well Chris b I'm going to have to wait a bit till the fangs of winter withdraw before I;m going to run the gull on stretch of brine or even fresh water. Now, oats 2.25 to 1 ratio is of the oats to water hopefully clear of chlorine or any nuclear sediments. If your having problens change to full grai...

Charles uk, yes I am out Henderson. what gave you the idea I wasn't?
cheers

Weetbix is for woofs I prefer oats 2.25 to 1 mix boiled for 2 mins without salt then eaten straight without sugar. The plug I used was an old d16 and the only colour inside the shaft is pure black but no sign of any on the face. Would it have picked up any colour in the relative short time? Have sho...

Yes you are correct. The tickling and choke problems disappeared together. The gull now starts easily, first pull and does not smoke excessive and only needs minimal choke. In the first few starting I did experience loud and heavy one off back firings which quickly stopped and none since. Could be a...

Test done in tank today and with the seagull spitting fire and brimstone the tacho read 4700 to 5100 rpm. Very excited until Nudge explained that that is due to turbulence in the tank and he suggested it probably was around the 3800 mark or thereabouts or close or within cooey. He had similar result...

Will keep trying. No harm in that,We all know that pushing the boundaries can sometimes prove worthwhile. If not its no sweat of my back and my pretty little head survives another day and Ive learnt more. Reckon this topic is stone dead but I'll still put up the rpms reached even if just for my sake...

Charles uk, throat of Villiers 1/2in, Been down and started the beast, usually now even from cold 1-2pulls and no more than 10 seconds to running without choke. Seems to run great . Have found some spare marine fuel line which I can use to make myself a single full length one to fit the Villiers. Fo...

I am using a villiers on this silver century really because I had bits left over , some bits that appear v/g, and then I became enamoured with the s/cent head and my only complete carbies left being Villiers. Absolutely no chance of creating an amal carb from my bits. Plus some years back I had got ...

Test results. 30 july 2019 7.55am , overcast ,slightly wet , 12degrees, freezing winter , silver century block, Villiers carb , tank a tad over 1/2full, 10-1 mixture, top off tank , bowl removed, tap opened and shut after exactly 1 min. I wonder if Nasa goes this far to collect data? 136 mils, Pleas...

Chris and Charles uk. None of your info and or advice is either beyond comprehension or not fully appreciated. Makes me smile and recall how at the start of ww2 the famous spitfire with a gravity carburetor could not compete in acrobatics with the me109 which had some type of electrical pump . Just ...

Charles uk, yes I will measure the tank but will have to wait till tomorrow due to visiting duties,5 mins after I'm off this computer.
Chris, I am in the process now of re corking a fuel tap which I wiil defilter and try out asap

cheers again.

Truly a wealth of info, unbeatable .
Will go ahead with all your advice determined to keep this Villiers onboard.
Am already contemplating a better fuel line for starters.
Thanks.

Have taken aboard that I will need to understand and correct this lean/ rich running under pressure.
Perhaps also change my fuel ratio.
cheers

Perfect. Yes the 7mm aluminium tube is fully inside the rubber tubing . The internal diameter is less of course but considering its a seagull the amount of fuel being delivered is surely way more than needed. There is no known impediment or blockages to the fuel line and I was careful not to overdo ...

Definitely not anything to do with spuds. Other than frozen supermarket chips no spuds cross my door now, not prepared to risk 70 plus years of developing the body I possess. Mind you I recently purchased a bag of frozen chips , on special, to find out they were made in the Netherlands. Why we need ...