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by Charles uk
Sun Jun 04, 2023 1:16 am
Forum: Help
Topic: 170 rebuild first start - wet! (Update: now dry)
Replies: 18
Views: 40644

Re: 170 rebuild first start - wet!

That isn't the way you use RTV, a very thin wipe around the the surface of the inner ring of the head (the fold over portion) gasket, both faces, & the same on the outer 3mm strip to prevent any water loss. If it's squeezing out you've used too much & the excess could come loose & block ...
by Charles uk
Fri Jun 02, 2023 5:38 pm
Forum: Help
Topic: 170 rebuild first start - wet! (Update: now dry)
Replies: 18
Views: 40644

Re: 170 rebuild first start - wet!

Where are you Andrew? BM?

If your in BM go down to Spanish Point boat club on the early afternoon of the 18th as it's the RISR, take the disassembled motor with you

Can you post a picture of the clean top face of the cylinder & head so we can access the surface condition.
by Charles uk
Sun May 28, 2023 12:49 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Multi-seagull power....
Replies: 10
Views: 5406

Re: Multi-seagull power....

My apologies Bernie 4 Century plus with 13 inch hydrofan props one on each corner & you could have vertical take off. Brilliant
by Charles uk
Fri May 26, 2023 5:28 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Multi-seagull power....
Replies: 10
Views: 5406

Re: Multi-seagull power....

Howard flew his! yours won't take off!
by Charles uk
Fri May 26, 2023 7:23 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Multi-seagull power....
Replies: 10
Views: 5406

Re: Multi-seagull power....

Why not fix all but the one with the highest thrust in the straight ahead position & steer with Mr powerful!
by Charles uk
Sun May 21, 2023 10:15 am
Forum: Help
Topic: 170 rebuild first start - wet! (Update: now dry)
Replies: 18
Views: 40644

Re: 170 rebuild first start - wet!

Bubbles would imply compression leakage, are you home or away, if in BM show it to Brian Lightbourne he certainly knows all about 170 powerheads & buy yourself a tube of RTV Silicon gue.
by Charles uk
Sat Apr 15, 2023 11:24 am
Forum: Events and Racing Seagulls
Topic: The Great Annual Waikato River Seagull Outboard Regatta 2023
Replies: 5
Views: 5202

Re: The Great Annual Waikato River Seagull Outboard Regatta 2023

Nudge which one of those boats is yours, the only person I recognised there was Ross & his hair is much lighter in colour than the last time I saw him!
by Charles uk
Mon Apr 10, 2023 12:27 pm
Forum: Events and Racing Seagulls
Topic: The Great Annual Waikato River Seagull Outboard Regatta 2023
Replies: 5
Views: 5202

Re: The Great Annual Waikato River Seagull Outboard Regatta 2023

That looks wonderful, I was concerned on the net it looked like you were going to have torrential rain & a tornado somewhere around there.

I still like to do it again, before I get too decrepit & show all you Kiwis the error of your ways!

Thanks
by Charles uk
Sat Apr 08, 2023 9:39 am
Forum: Help
Topic: Baring back to life 2 Centuries downunder
Replies: 6
Views: 3598

Re: Baring back to life 2 Centuries downunder

If the slotted end of the screws are at the top, that screw would appear to be holding the coil cheeks down onto the base plate, so the part of the screw to remove is the head, drilling from the bottom just wrecks the baseplate!
by Charles uk
Wed Mar 15, 2023 12:41 am
Forum: Wanted
Topic: Century cylinder and gearbox, amal twin jet carb body
Replies: 2
Views: 3244

Re: Century cylinder and gearbox, amal twin jet carb body

Seagull had their record month in the early 70's over 7000 produced, no one seems the remember the actual year & month but 3 or 4 members of staff from that period have told me similar figures, over the last 20 years.

I think they shut the doors in 1994!
by Charles uk
Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:08 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: British Seagull 2 models
Replies: 12
Views: 5277

Re: British Seagull 2 models

If you look at the inside of your flywheel you will see the cam (egg shaped centre) that causes the points to open & close. If you remove this cover & the spark plug & get somebody to film the points with a mobile phone while you slowly rotate the flywheel by hand you will be able to mak...
by Charles uk
Sun Feb 19, 2023 10:40 am
Forum: Help
Topic: Cant get the muffler pipe off
Replies: 3
Views: 2729

Re: Cant get the muffler pipe off

Remove the drive shaft tube from the crankcase first, then you'll have the bottom end of the exhaust tube loose, now wiggle it about!
by Charles uk
Mon Jan 23, 2023 6:07 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: SD12802J
Replies: 7
Views: 5085

Re: SD12802J

Eddie go & search on the forum for "seagull register" this will show you all the details of all of the SD's on the register & many of their technical details, you will note that no one states long or short water jacket as they all had short water jackets & a crankcase with 4 st...
by Charles uk
Sun Jan 22, 2023 6:09 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: SD12802J
Replies: 7
Views: 5085

Re: SD12802J

Hugo are you able to pass comment on these pictures? Hugo is the Australian Gentleman who is compiling the SD register To the best of my knowledge no SD's were manufactured with a long water jacket cylinder & the serial number font on your crankcase looks different to fonts used by Seagull betwe...
by Charles uk
Mon Jan 02, 2023 2:40 pm
Forum: Events and Racing Seagulls
Topic: Giant Seagull Regatta in S-A?
Replies: 2
Views: 3736

Giant Seagull Regatta in S-A?

Giant Seagull gathering in South Africa. A little bird told me there was a Seagull event in S-A with around 150 Boats, why haven't we heard anything about it? is it a secret? Come on you lot if there were that many Seagulls in one patch of water, it must be a World Record, please can someone post so...