Saving Old Seagulls

As I won't be back home till the weekend, just some more pictures of what it all looks like now.

Sometimes if you lift the tiller handle it moves the carburetor slide just enough to stop the motor. Not sure if this is built into the design or a reality of the world. Personally l wouldn't risk removing head bolts but that is entirely up to you and your capabilities. It has be known that some le...

Hey Henk, Looks like you got a good deal there :) The block is cast iron, I think the thing to watch out for might be twisting the heads off the bolts if they are seized in, more than stripping threads. The engine will stop when you close the throttle, if you set it up so. Otherwise, you could do w...

I'll go for a big strip down i think then, it seems worth it in the end.

There's another question, which may seem silly, but indulge me. How are you supposed to stop the engine? I stopped it by holding my hand over the air intake.. which is ok when stationary on a bench,, but trying that in a bobbing dingy, near the spinning flywheel cover, seems a bit tricky. The only o...

I may give the head bolts a tentative squeeze . However, there is some rust present on the cylinder block, so I gather it's not aluminium? So less likely to strip the threads? I'm gonna need a number of gaskets, is there a complete set with all in one available?

Thanks Jon. I reassemble and check, before deciding on the bushes. The propshaft has very little wear marking, but certainly nothing to worry about. The pinion has a little up and down play, but none sideways. I've not removed the gearbox from the tubes, I understand that releasing the pinion from t...

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I've stripped the gearbox and cleaned the gunk out. I've cleaned everything externally, cleaned the float bowl inside, and removed the old, broken, throttle cable. The gearbox will be put back together with a new oil seal, and maybe new bronze bushes. The brass fuel tank appears original in shape, b...

Thanks Charles, I'll be having a look.

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Found it, do you just pull the ring off?

Hmm. Not sure why the gull has fallen over...
A few mor, before I start asking the dumb questions..

Hello, we bought a Seagull yesterday, to power the dinghy. A Seagull was for sale locally, and after some brief haggling 45 beer tokens were exchanged. Not a bad deal I thinks.
It's a Fourty Plus with a clutch, FPC, of 1978 vintage. It started up after the second pull, and seems to run well.

A few pics of the cleaned up parts.

Thanks for the reassuring replies. I've cleaned the gunk out, and will properly degrease before putting it all back together. I didn't see any oil seals, are they easy to replace. There is a small amount of wear/play wear the shaft runs in the bronze bush in the front of the housing, how much is too...

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