Saving Old Seagulls

Well I put the ignition plate from the 40 plus on the century and it started first pull but its running kind of rough. I runs for about 4 seconds then cuts out then revs back up for 4 seconds, etc. Is this an ignition problem or is something wrong with the carb.

I wish someone had some ideas on this, because I have the same problem on a silver century.

I pretty sure the ignition is bad the cylinder that your spark plug wire goes into (coil?) spins freely and the one on the other engines I have are fixed. Sorry I dont know the proper names for the parts as I am not a mechanic.

Hello I got a Century (CPC19387l) the other day that will not fire. I have cleaned the points and a new plug still no spark. My question is will the ignition plate off of a 40 plus (SJP1495B4) with the same type of villiers ignition work or would it throw off the timing.

Thanks for any replies ...

Well I got it going today, the main jet was clogged. Bought a 40 plus long shaft and a silver century today for 80 dollars got the 40 plus running in about 30 minutes the silver century is missing several parts and is going to be a long term project.

Thanks for the help,
James Banik

Yes its a Villiers carb and the serial # is FP1081K7. Repair work is halted for now, I broke the fuel line this morning. Where is the best place to order a new one?

Hello all I am new here and have a problem. I just bought a 40 plus seagull and after cleaning and setting the points, new plug, cleaned carb, cleaned fuel tank, I can only get it to start with starting fluid and then it dies 3 to 4 seconds later. I have fuel in the bowl of the carb but it just wont ...