On advice previously on this site, I used caustic soda. It is readily avaiable and works really well. It also damages paint if the solution is sufficiently strong, so not to be splashed onto the outside of the tank.
It also cleans up - just for cosmetic reasons - the bronze transom bracket.
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- Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:43 am
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Green Powder in the fuel tank
- Replies: 7
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- Sun Sep 16, 2012 9:51 pm
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Propshaft End Float
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7178
Re: Propshaft End Float
yes, I can see from your explanation that turning over just the gearbox is the only way to tell. i will now remove the gearbox and give it a go.
Thanks for your advice.
Jeremy
Thanks for your advice.
Jeremy
- Sun Sep 16, 2012 10:16 am
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Propshaft End Float
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7178
Re: Propshaft End Float
Thanks Charles, The smaller dia (0.75") thin shims that had previously been fitted in lieu of the thrust washer have worn the end bearing face locally. SOS John has been on hols so I haven't been able to contact him, so thanks for the details of the thrust washers. A 13 gauge (0.092) or 14 gaug...
- Sat Sep 15, 2012 10:57 pm
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Propshaft End Float
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7178
Re: Propshaft End Float
Thanks for that advice. My SJM is 1955/6. The gears look ok, but somebody has put in shims of 0.75 dia in lieu of 1.0" which has locally worn the bearing in the end cap producing a lot of backlash. I thought that I if i was going to put in the correct dia thrust washer I might as well get the t...
- Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:33 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: 40 minus Restoration
- Replies: 117
- Views: 100639
Re: 40 minus Restoration
Well done. I have just acquired an early Minus (SJM35). It runs and seems ok. It is not in as good as condition as yours, but apart from the throttle lever I think is reasonably correct. The tank is very dented, but I lack your skill and determination to do what you have just done. My excuse is that...
- Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:37 am
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Propshaft End Float
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7178
Propshaft End Float
I am about to set up the gear meshing of my Forty Minus (SJM). Am I right in thinking that the end float should be 0.005" to 0.015"? Is this achieved by fitting different thickness through hardened thrust washers? Would they need to be surface ground to the required thickness? Can shims be...
- Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:45 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: FV or FVP
- Replies: 25
- Views: 20549
Re: FV or FVP
I dont understand why the rotor looks as if it is upside down. I am relatively new to Seagulls, but I would have thought that the 'extra meat' or flange would be at the top. Because, as the water flows upwards, the flange at the bottom would give some unwanted restriction to the flow. Additionally i...
- Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:35 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Nomenclature
- Replies: 28
- Views: 21664
Re: Nomenclature
All I originally asked was what does SJM and SJP stand for! I wish I hadn't then commented on gearbox shaft seals! An interesting debate. Our interest in Seagulls does not automatically mean that we defend every aspect of their design and manufacture, but can take a balanced view and indeed like or ...
- Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:14 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Nomenclature
- Replies: 28
- Views: 21664
Re: Nomenclature
I dont know enough about Seagulls to say why did they do this, and why didnt they do the other. However, I have just come in from working on the gearbox of my SJM with the question - why the devil didnt they fit dynamic shaft seals, which was proven technology by the mid thirties. Perhaps cost? Jeremy
- Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:22 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Nomenclature
- Replies: 28
- Views: 21664
Re: Nomenclature
Thanks Charles,
It was a fairly simple question, but inevitably the answer was not as straightforward as I had hoped. Typical, I suppose, of industrial manufacturing history.
Thanks again.
Jeremy
It was a fairly simple question, but inevitably the answer was not as straightforward as I had hoped. Typical, I suppose, of industrial manufacturing history.
Thanks again.
Jeremy
- Tue Sep 11, 2012 11:49 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Nomenclature
- Replies: 28
- Views: 21664
Nomenclature
I have taken a shine to the early model 40s, and am curious about the model numbers/names and for what they stand. F obviously stands for Forty. I have read recently on this site (?), that V stands for Villiers. So FV is a Forty with a Villiers carburettor, and presumably FVP is a Forty plus with a ...
- Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:51 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: FV or FVP
- Replies: 25
- Views: 20549
Re: FV or FVP
Whilst we are on early transom brackets, what are the small (0.175x0.200) cut outs on the ends of both legs of the brackets? Initially I thought that they were some manufacturing location point, but not at all sure.
Jeremy
Jeremy
- Tue Sep 04, 2012 9:43 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: FV or FVP
- Replies: 25
- Views: 20549
Re: FV or FVP
Yes, I have three small transom brackets which have all seem to have been plated. I cannot confirm that the plating is zinc - could it have been cadmium? My early SJM, recently acquired, came with a small bracket. My measurements show that the small ones are about 1 3/4 effective opening, wheras the...
- Thu Aug 23, 2012 5:31 pm
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Full throttle problem
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9800
Re: Full throttle problem
Rolf,
Thanks for your advice. I will bend it a bit to increase the fuel height.
Cheers,
Jeremy
Thanks for your advice. I will bend it a bit to increase the fuel height.
Cheers,
Jeremy
- Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:20 pm
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Full throttle problem
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9800
Re: Full throttle problem
Yes, Thanks for your advice. I have checked the two filters - visually ok. Additionally, with the float chamber bowl removed there is a good flow of fuel (tank is half full). Also checked that the bottom of the loop of the pipe twixt tank and carb is clear. I did notice that the 'Y' shaped piece tha...