Saving Old Seagulls

Thanks AJ, totally different to my one and a lot lighter.
heres a pic of a washer that is fitted under the rope pull never seen one before odd why some one would add this,
has one been seen before?

dave

hi AJ
its definitely broke DSCF1947.JPG
the made up attachment is quiet crude looking
cant see your pics any more, would like to though could you repost them for comparison,
the carb cowl is very different to the normal one, i would like to think it might have been an option
after all seagull ...

heres a pic of one i found recently, sadly the mice have got to it
still usable though never seen one with a closed end before

its hard to measure with the head on but its a stroke of 33mm
and the bore measured through the intake with 2 bits of wire with bent ends is 44mm
not accurate but it gives us an idea until the head comes of.

hi keith
here are some pics of the number in close up DSCF1899.JPG DSCF1898.JPG

this ones interesting a 2 digit number followed by the letters fr
could this be, as charles uk said a signature of another worker or could it mean its a refurbished f DSCF1854.JPG
also notice the gasket its wire ...

thanks for your comments
charles i have added some pics of the tiller bracket, and some of the carb

thats all the pictures before i cleaned her, i will take some more now she,s cleaned up
dave

heres some more

hi
interesting isnt it,
the carb is 7/16 no hole in choke or float bowl
the gear box has got the 2 holes but at some time in its past a piece of wire gauze has been bolted into the top hole and covering the bottom hole, it seems the bottom hole has been DSCF1816.JPG enlarged to account for this ...

here they are

DSCF1821.JPG DSCF1843.JPG DSCF1839.JPG
Just a few pics of an engine i bought a few weeks ago.
It was owned by a coventry vicar who had a boat on the isle of Wight,
sadly he died in 1970 and the engine sat wrapped in rags and old carpet in the inspection pit of his garage
around 2000 an old ...

Hi lads,
sorry for the late reply,
Yes you are dead right about the water passages,
its was a surprise how much water was working its way through such a small gap,
Jon, i checked the compression after running for six hours and it is down to 112 psi,
she always had a small leak on the tiller side ...

Hi just put a new set of rings on my 40 plus
had 70 psi so thought it was about time i did it, she has now got 120 psi.
This is the first engine i bought and is not original its got a British racing green long range tank and a very light green crank case and magneto,
i really did not want to spoil ...

Hi, well almost a year on and i am going to build that boat,
decided on the 10 foot Rye bay,
i will be using epoxy and am going for the gurit sp 106 slow,
think i will use the slow hardener simply because its my first build and will give me more time
sp microfibers to fillet it and fill in any ...

hi jeremy
classic seagulls sell them, they are listed as "old villiers throttle cable nipple"
they have a slot in them to make fitting easier so are not exactly original
£4.95 hope this helps.
dave