Saving Old Seagulls

My 66 40 + spanned

Re oil for my 40plus gear box. I have been fortunate to obtain SAE 140 gear oil off the shelf in a specialist classic and vintage car retail parts supplier here in Blenheim NZ. It’s a Penright Oil product called Transoil T140. It’s labeled description is “For use in Vintage, Veteran and Edwardian g...

Re oil for my 40plus gear box. I have been fortunate to obtain SAE 140 gear oil the shelf in a specialist classic and vintage car retail parts supplier here in Blenheim NZ. It’s a Penright Oil product called Transoil T140. It’s labeled description is “For use in Vintage, Veteran and Edwardian gearbo...

Charles, I’ve tried to upload a picture of my machine now fully refurbished but not sure how to do it on this site. What’s your advice.

Thanks

Thanks Oyster will do.

To Charles, in my submissive I mentioned my Forty Plus. That’s the model!

Mike

I realise there is a comprehensive list of nuts and bolts sizes etc on site. I may have missed what I’m enquiring about. I’m re assembling my forty plus after completing restoration. Stupid me lost one of the two brass nuts that fix the propeller shaft housing to the engine block. After a lot of rob...

Further to my blog on ‘Restoration’ I’ve found the exact match for the original colour of the Flywheel pertinent to my 60s model Forty Plus. Whilst I’m here in NZ the Dupli-Color branded auto spray “Valencia” is the closest match I’ve seen. The inside of my flywheel has the original paint and I’ve s...

Thanks Sandro. You have given me and idea. There are a number of lorry (Trucks in NZ) workshops where I live as there’s quite a bit of logging done here notwithstanding the million acres of grapes.

Mike

I’ve just begun a complete restoration of my seagull 40plus I’ve owned since new in 1966. It’s a cosmetic restoration as the machine runs perfectly although laid up some 21 years ago. I’ve started it, runs well with excellent water flow from engine block. My preventative measures years ago have prov...