Saving Old Seagulls

i've also been doing a bit of polishing and painting.
what do you think?

hi all busy weekend for me. pulled the crackcases apart and gave them a really good clean up (lots of heavily burnt oil stains everywhere) the piston is shot and buggered.(very badly scored and pitted) the lower crank bush had almost self destructed from heat stresses. there's a bit missing on the t...

thanks jan

i thought it wasn't that hard but you do need the rights parts to begin with.

i might have a go myself. i've got a few direct drive gearboxes that i can play with.

jon

hi jan i've often wondered the same. i think the internal casting is the same on direct and clutch drive. i think you will need a longer bushing to accept the wedge that you mention. have a look at the clutch drive gearbox and compare it to a direct drive gearbox. apart from a longer drive shaft i t...

hi beercan

type in the number again but leave out the "r"

"r" means it was a factory refurbished motor some time in the 60's or 70's

regards jon

thanks hugz yes agreed there would seem to be a lot of "mangling" going on with a lot of seagulls not just 102's. c1404 has a few "missmatches" on parts. (i think a forum member now owns this one) brass tank with screw top cap,later clutch lever,plastic water pipe(wrongly fitted ...

heres another "c" that i restored a couple of years ago.
i wish i'd never sold it now, a lot of time and effort went into that one.
the things we do eh!
enjoy

thanks jan yes i have studied these pictures many times and this is what i am basing this restoration on. gearbox end cap does not have a serial number? the end cap being secured by studs and nuts, would this have been original or a later "fix". i do have some proper screws to go back in j...

just before i put this to one side there's a couple of questions. there's a big gap between the collar and prop shaft. originally it had 4 flat washers to take up the slack, but i was thinking of using a grit seal as found on the 40's and 100's and 2 or 3 flat washers. the thrust washer is fitted in...

any how whilst you lot have been arguing about core plugs i've been busy putting gearboxes back together. swapped out the prop bush and found a better gear set. i will put this together and put it to one side till i can get to the welding suppliers for some supplies (gas and wire) next job the power...

JERSEYMAN who knows what's right and wrong, your motor has bowtie prop-mine has SD high rake prop your motor has brass tank- mine has steel your motor has slotted plugs-mine DID HAVE hex head plugs but now slotted (see blown engine block previously) basically both motors have the same gearbox (from ...

I had a hunch that i might just be on the right track with this? I think it might be interesting if Jan could shed some light on these "early" 102's as he seems to be the oracle of knowledge with all things seagull related (especially pre 1950 motors) :wink: told you this would get interes...

Jan you've beat me to it!
i was just going to say have a look at the advert but you've done it.

spot on. even though if you look REALLY CLOSELY at the pics, this is an AC but still pretty close for the years.


sorry charles but i'm with Jan on this.

hugz addictive this seagull lark aint it? c1655l came into my possesion as a powerhead only. then i bought a job lot of old gearboxes which included some SD boxes. some good, some bad. a lot of them are still seized. so the "C" has been put together from parts (still a long way to go with ...

stelios this is my problem hex head will NOT fit in the block that has slotted plug and vice versa. slotted plug will ONLY fit the block that slotted plug came from. not interchangeable! :? anyone got any ideas? its not going to bother me much as the block i have decided to use will do just fine, it...