Saving Old Seagulls

Aye fair enough Tam, keep us posted on it. Glad its no a crack just looked like it in the photo.

Im with Jon about keeping it original. Just noticed... is that a crack in the block above the carb by one of the barrel studs??

Charles uk wrote:Cylinder or crankcase?

If it's your cylinder, how bad is yours?

0 Compression with a badly pitted bore...

After a block for my 160...

Ill have the gearbox and the best pump housing please.

Ill PM you.

Jacob

Yeah could do that but would rather leave a chrome one for someone who needs a chrome one. I assume it is a non chrome one i need for it???

Yep thats the one, ill get you full details once its built up, probabably by new years.

Jacob

After a bronze non inscript clutch lever and a brass non chrome throttle lever.

Need them for my new SD575.

PM me what you have.

Jacob

VERY nice motor there, take good care of it.

Ive got a AC in a crate in similar condition, Need to put some photos up.

Not seen those vids before, cheers Jon. Need to start a thread on my new SD575 gonna be building it up slowly as i just have the powerhead, ignition, transom,carb and tiller

Wooden pistons old news, V6 diesel Marston next

They all say gasoline do they not?

My FV has some of the decal, not as good as yours though. Find my thread with the video. The thread is FV15020 i think (completely forgotten the serial number)

haha yeah. should have thought about that when the hosue was bulit

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Been a while since i last posted, had some stuff come up. Not to spoil it for you but it is pretty unlikely that its never been run since the factory, The only way to comfirm it hasnt would have been if it was in its box/crate and with the cardboard cover round the tank. Small amount of carbon in th...