Re: Micro Outboard

By the way, the Manufacturer of British Seagull has a carburator
conversion kit for older motors that improves oil consumption and no
doubt improves environmental friendlieness. Here is an email sent to
my dad about his old engine.

>Dear Mr San Miguel
>
>Thank you for your engine serial number. Your FP 125 E7 is a Forty

Plus

>Mark II built between 1967 and 1979. The 'E7' would suggest May

1967. The

>Villiers carburettor that was generally fitted to this type of

engine runs

>on a mixture ratio of 10:1. There is a conversion kit which allows

this

>carburettor to run on 25:1 - the kit is V645/2KP and costs £12.07

incl. GB

>VAT @ 17.5% plus postage and packing to your location.
>
>Yours sincerely,
>British Seagull, UK

They can be reached atsheridan.marine@...

Frank San Miguel
Monument, CO

--- Inbolger@egroups.com, <daniel.curnutte@r...> wrote:
>
>
> I have just bought myself an ancient (but still going strong!!)
Long shaft Sea
> Gull for about US$100.. Bargain!! I look forward to keeping it in
good nick over
> the years of use by maintaining it myself... After building a boat
surely a bit
> of engine maintenance should be a doddle..
> The engine was bought off of its second owner and copies of the
original
> purchase letter and a workshop manual came with it. It starts every
time
> although it is Seagull typical in being dirty and noisy, but hey
the Micro is a
> sailboat isn't it!!

I have just bought myself an ancient (but still going strong!!) Long shaft Sea
Gull for about US$100.. Bargain!! I look forward to keeping it in good nick over
the years of use by maintaining it myself... After building a boat surely a bit
of engine maintenance should be a doddle..
The engine was bought off of its second owner and copies of the original
purchase letter and a workshop manual came with it. It starts every time
although it is Seagull typical in being dirty and noisy, but hey the Micro is a
sailboat isn't it!!