Refurbishing a Seagull outboard - Part 2.

After part 1. 

As  described in Part 1 I did a lot of restoration work on my 1976 vintage Seagull 40+ last winter, unfortunately the fuel tap leak that I had thought cured hadn't been, when I came to fill it up to take it on this years cruise the fuel that I had left in it had disappeared and replacement fuel gushed out. The cork had shrunk again and there was no time to replace it so the Mariner came with me, but was not used as I was able to row ashore on the odd occasion I used the dinghy.

I have now embarked on a second phase of restoration including:

• Fuel tap cork replaced, tap polished and lacquered.
• Exhaust polished, more cleaning and paint to touch up.
• The bronze mounting bracket had started to go green, even in the garage, so cleaned and will be lacquered as soon as the humidity drops.
• The tiller is being replaced: Mine had been broken at some point and been replaced with a piece of copper water pipe which had been poorly painted and had some dings in it. At only £5 from  Saving old Seagulls a replacement was a better bet than filling or removing dents and repainting.

The bronze mounting bracket cleaned and lacquered. The main
body has trunnions that fit in the cups on the inside of the top
 edge and is secured to it with a stainless rod going through them.
The piece bottom right supports the drive shaft housing and
provides adjustment for the rake of the transom.

The repaired tiller arm stripped of paint.

The "new" tiller, goodness knows where this had been stored.

Cleaned up with a NOS throttle lever. The tiller is rather shiny now
but should get a dull patina as it ages which will help to hide the
remaining marks. 

Almost done, I just need to fit some split pins, polish up
the exhaust and, when the laquear has hardened, refit the
mounting bracket and I'm finished.  Probably.

The tiller should end up the same colour as the crank case which
is not painted.

Friday 21 November - Finished!