Saving Old Seagulls

This ( attached)is the FVP5131, I will pick up next week. Costs me € 35,-.
I appreciate all information and advices.
When I have it in my shed I will make pictures and add them to this topic.
Maybe it misses more parts.

Keith,

The Fv is built in 54/55
The FVP in the years 50/51.

I think that getting such a carb. will not be a problem.

Evert

Friends,

Just bought a FVP without a carburator.
Can anyone tell what carburator I need?
And can I exchange parts from an incomplete FV I have?

Evert Winter

Super Jan, I will visit you soon to admire this beauty.
Lots of succes restoring her

Thank you so much for your support.
I am very happy with this rare gull.

From next tuesday I am on a holyday to South africa.
So maybe I have no internetconnection available.
So no hurry. It is a nice afterseason project.

Evert

I am looking for sme spares for an incomplete FV.
Need Tank ( original round one) and fuel line.
Flywheelcoverplate is missing, carb, prop.
Other spares maybe easier to ontain, but who can help me?

Evert

The points appeared to have a closed circuit so they did not break.
After rebuilding it and trying to have spark I felt a very strong spark through my body and saw a spectacular blue spark.
So it feeled and looked good.
Then 2 pulls and the girl was running.
It is an AC type.

The guy fills the length with rings if required. But my coil is 63 mm and he could deliver it.
It appeared that the circuit in the ignition had a fault. We built up breakerparts again and what a miracle. We have spark and the engine runs again.

I did not have time yet to visit him but he has the correct coil (42 and 50 mm)for Eur 20,-, condensor and
Breakerpoints.
He can order the coil. Rest probably his stock. Don't know how much.

See the images enclosed he sent me.

Website: http://www.jvmotors.nl

Evert

Maybe I am lucky.
Found a classic motorcycle shop 5 km from here who happens to have a coil, condensor and other stuff of villiers.
I take my complete assembly to him to see what he has or can do.
Coil costs EUR 20,-, sounds reasonable.

Thanks, I wil let you know how it goes.

What do you mean with a " new HT lead" . What is that?
Sorry, my technical English is not very good.

Evert

The ignition on my 102 is really dead. Isnthere anyone who has one and wants to delier it to me? I just have the backplate and need therefor coil and breakerset incl. the connection from coil to spark. Or can it be replaced by another ignition, because someone offers used parts incl ignition of a Si...

Thank you all for the advices so far. Measured and cleaned everything and then, how stupid, saw that the ignition back plate was not fixed. After tightening the screw I had the engine running half an hour and no backfires any more. I think I will never know what the cause was but my little beauty (s...

Also, could it be that the pistonsrings are leaking?