Reply To: 1948 Sea King (gale)

[frankr]

1. It will not hold today’s fluid gear oils. The old Outboard Motor Gear Grease is no longer made. Most of us use Lubriplate 105 “Motor Assembly Grease” available at NAPA Auto Parts stores, or John Deere “Corn Head Grease” from John Deere dealers.

2. Fuel / oil ratio originally was 16:1, later changed to 24:1. The subject always brings up a howl. Sufficient to say you can’t go wrong with 16:1. That’s 1/2 pint per gallon. Use TC-W3 Outboard oil.