Saving Old Seagulls

This list appears to be four years old, isn't it about time there was a full list of all Seagull threads/bolt sizes on here so no one has to guess or spend time measuring or wasting the shopkeepers time by walking in and asking "Have you got one to fit this?" and he has to go trying everyt...

There's only one paint for a Seagull tank as far as I'm concerned, Hammerite Smooth. Just repainted two blue steel tanks, their blue is just the right shade. Done correctly with a brush you can get a mirror finish. I paint yachts and cars with a brush, it can be done!

My baseplate comes off without having to remove the key. Only need to remove it when splitting the crankcase.

At last! I've found what I was looking for. I'm sure there's an answer to every question in this wonderful place, it's just finding it that's the problem! Pictures are worth a thousand words, I now have the confidence to remove the heavily spiralled 'nail' holding the float needle plate in place and...

Gentlemen, I'm getting punch drunk scrolling through page after page of replies to the question I need an answer to, thank heavens there is a search facility to narrow it down a bit! But, every answer to the question of fuel level in a Villiers concentric (40+) bowl skirts around the problem of floa...