I bought an outboard off of ebay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FullCircle]

.....................and it works!!!!!

70 quid for a Seagull 40 short shaft, with a spares kit and Service Manual.
Fuel tap leaked (no, poured) and it didnt easily start (but it did actually start).

Got it home, bit of TLC, reset plug and points, renewed cork seal in tap.

Jobsagoodun!!!!!!
Starts 1st pull now.
Has the FullCircle graphic stuck on the tank so I know its our one in the shed...


Is this a first?

After all the posts about dodgy outboards, I wonder if 'im upstairs was not looking, or decided to let me through this time...

 

[Lakesailor]

How long have you run it for under load? (he he)

 

[FullCircle]

2 minutes, then the water all fell out of the barrel, so I stopped /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Lakesailor]

Did you buy the barrel on e-bay?

 

[graham]

My 3 year old Suzuki gave a bit of bother recently so the 40 year old Seagull came out of retirement for a while. Smoked a bit(A LOT),leaked a bit but allways worked. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[FullCircle]

No, the water fell out due to the tempestuous thrashing about of the water caused by the out of control prop.
The neighbours werent best pleased by the noise and smoke either. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[oldharry]

Ah yes, but didnt you know: Seagulls ALWAYS work ashore. Its when you actually put them on a dinghy that they refuse to start.

I kid you not - I have one that will start first pull in the garage. Show it a bit of water and......

For an explanaion of this well known phenomenon see www.saving-old-seagulls.co.uk/
Here you will find that the solution is to move forward to the front end of the dinghy. BUT do yo have arms long enogh now to start the engine? Noooo....... /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[Chris_Rayner]

Have regularly used defunct Seagull as impromptu paddle to complete short journeys in calm waters. An alternative is to attach it securely to a long line and hurl it vigorously in the direction you wish to travel while holding on to the other end of the line. Once it has found good holding then recover the line slowly until you need to repeat the process. Another use is as a dinghy mooring if you can wedge it well in to a sea bed rock.

Chris Rayner

 

[FullCircle]

Is that what the 8ft extension pull cord is for? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[FullCircle]

Chris, noted word defunct in your uses. I had a BMW D7 diesel that fared rather better as a mooring weight than as a means of propulsion.

I have a cunning plan to start the dinghy/outboard ensemble while still on the pontoon, and then dunk the plot in the oggin when its running.
Or possibly mooring stern to so I can spin the engine toward me while still on the pontoon, and hop aboard when the fires are lit.
Failing that, I can dismiss a failed starting exercise as confirmation of the fault I am sure it had, just testing ahem, and stroll off to the pub casually, whistling tunelessly, with nary a care.