Bill Longyard
Winston-Salem, NC
hlg@pacbell.net wrote:
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> It's time to bring back the Seagull. Mine never requires a freshwater
> flush, and I've never replaced an impeller or any other internal parts. Of
> course, it's only 32 years old.
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> Harry
> P14 #234, Manatee
> Forty Plus Seagull
> Mountain View, CA
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> >Thanks for setting the record straight. I can't say that it makes any sense
> >to me why, in a design where light weight and compactness are a prime
> >consideration, a company would choose to carry the complexity and extra parts
> >of two types of cooling systems - forced air AND water cooling. But it that's
> >the way it is, then that's the way it is and I'm glad you've corrected my
> >error. I apologize to those I've mislead and to the shop I suggested was
> >incompetent or dishonest.
> >
> >Unfortunately, this knowledge decreases my desire to buy one of these engines
> >by about 90%. I perceived one of the big advantages of the air cooled engine
> >as making it unecessary to run the engine in a big bucket of fresh water in
> >order to rinse out the saltwater from the water pump, internal passages, etc.
> >after saltwater use. The Mercury 2.2 that I have now often spends more time
> >running in the bucket than it did pushing the boat!
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> >Maybe paddles aren't so bad after all.....
> >
> >Dave Kautz
> >P-15 #1632 Tilly Lucy
> >Palo Alto, CA