Seagull 170 longshaft and GPS

[mayfox]

As a new, skint, and very green behind the ears sailor I have just purchased a Seagull 170 Longshaft outboard, only to be told that out of all the Seagulls to buy I have laid out good money on a Turkey. It seems that the Con-Rod has a bad habit of giving up the Ghost if the engine is over-revved, and cannot be replaced.

Could someone let me know the best way of starting this engine without watching the thing fall to bits in front of me. It came without a petrol tank so I will have to use a remote tank of some sort to hold the 50 to 1 mix. (which I have been told is the correct formula).

In addition, could anyone let me know the best place to buy a cheap second hand GPS? I have tried Ebay but they all seem to be a bit up market , wich will be wasted on me as I only need a basic model. I am also looking for a repeater for a Seafarer 5 if anyone knows of one.

Many thanks for any help!

Cheers Paul

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[Rick]

Visit www.britishseagull.co.uk/spareparts.php where you'll find they sell the Owners Handbook, 170/125 for 5.83stg.

FWIW treat all advice about these things (over-revving etc) as having a value equal to what you paid for the advice ...

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[Rick]

Oops - on further searching there does seem to be a conrod problem. It seems recommended oil ration was 25:1 and they're suggesting 20:1 .....

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[MarkV]

The book for my seagull 40 says 10:1, seems excessive but its not failed me yet!

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[Guest]

Seagul 40 ....

10-1 is the OLD mix for the old Seagull before the later that had the face-lift etc.

<hr width=100% size=1>Nigel ... and of course Yahoo groups :
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gps-navigator/

 

[Guest]

Seagulls / GPS and SF 5

Seagull .... there's a guy who advertises sometimes who specialises in rebuilds of all seagulls .... I think he's down Poole way .... HE must be able to sort that one etc.

GPS ..... I had same criteria and ended up buying the eTrex and have had VERY GOOD service out of it ... and now they are end of line and you should be able to pick up some bargains on eTrex range. Make sure you get the combined PC data and 12V connector complete for it as well .... then you have power unlimited and data to / from PC etc. Software updates from Garmin are freely available to keep these babies going ....

Others on ebay I would not say are expensive - but some are older than they claim ..... Beware of 8 channel/sat receivers - they are ancient and only good as long as they keep going !!!! Stick with 12 channel / sat recvrs.

Seafarer 5 repeater ...... didn't know they made one ? Its the old rotating LED type isn't it ? If you want to upgrade - you'll find the Nasa / Echopilot etc. use the same transducer so its only a head change ......


<hr width=100% size=1>Nigel ... and of course Yahoo groups :
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gps-navigator/

 

[VicS]

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.saving-old-seagulls.co.uk/>This link</A> may be useful. I dont think anyone has posted it yet.

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[TonyR]

Mayfox

Try Frank Arnold 11 Dorchester Road Upton Poole 01202 625331 he is an ex seagull engineer with a large garage full of engines and bits I have an old Silver Century longshaft and he has often helped me out with cheap parts and free advice.he also changed the jets in the carb so I could use 25:1 mixture

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