Seagull Outboard Revival 🇬🇧 First Start up

[@one.of.two1969]

Just got my seagull engine back to working order it is 1973, and I got to do the over one to do, which is 1975 good little engine to work with

[@Meadowcrafting]

Thats great, they are a brilliantly simple engine to work on. I'm not sure on the age of mine possibly 80s, it is a later one though as it has the plastic fuel tank. I'm looking forward to doing a video of it on my dinghy, will have to wait for better weather though.

[@chrismccartney8668]

I had three old seagulls sold them to Saving Old Seagull Guy who moors his yacht in same Marina as me.. Used money to get new internal tank for my Tohatsu 2.3hp motor..

[@Meadowcrafting]

I had a tohatsu 30 on my old Mayland it was a good motor, I use a 4hp yamaha on my little boat, I will hopefully run the seagull on it too and do a video using the seagull.

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

Did this originally come with a cover over the carb intake to stop water splash or spray entering the carb? Can you fill the head with salt-away, muriatic acid, CLR or similar and let it sit and percolate a while to help clean the passages in the block....? You may have to place the machine in a funny position so the exit tell tale hole is uppermost...and fill it from there.... Do you have the 25:1 needle in so you can use a good TCW3 (water-cooled outboard engine) 2 stroke synthetic mixing oil.... that would cut a huge amount of smoke output....

[@Meadowcrafting]

I think it should have a air filter trumpet type thing on it, I am hoping to get it on the water powering a small boat for a test video.

[@AndyYates-f6p]

I rimmed them I was oly 14 years old

[@chrismccartney8668]

140 gear oil not 90..

[@chrismccartney8668]

Audio not veey clear when you move !!

[@Meadowcrafting]

Sorry about that.