Re: Need British Seagull Help-spark not happy

[ausob-collector]

As you no doubt have realised – Seagulls are simple outboards. They need some semblance of spark, compression and fuel to run.

The Villiers mag you have (I assume with the 3 spoked flywheel) is a variant of the original Mk1 system. The condensor sits directly underneath the points assembly, in the little circular container.

You must leave the flywheel on when setting points as the cam is built in. As Micheal says, 20 thou at TDC is a good starting point, but sometimes 18 thou is a good bet.
Seagulls don’t need a massive spark to run anyway.

Have you actually put the sparkplug in the boot and held it up to the block in a dark room and checked to see spark? It is actually quite common for the Champion D16 (and only D16’s) to not always work as they should (I have nothing against Champions, I have J8’s in all my Seagulls).

Any pictures?

Cheers
BP