Seagull Outboard Revival 🇬🇧 First Start up

Today's video features an old British Seagull outboard which I acquired when I bought a boat project, its been in storage for a few years and I have no idea if it was a runner or not. Anyone who is familiar with the boating world will have probably owned a Seagull in the past. Join me as I revive the outboard and manage to get a squawk out of the old Seagull.

[@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.

[@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.

[@user-og8iu8vc3c]

I rimmed them I was oly 14 years old