Your motor is mostly aluminum. Its common for the skeg to be broken off on the smaller motors. It cant take being use as a stand, but when you’re getting in to position to put the motor on the boat, or in the car, or opening the garage door, most everyone sets the motor down on the skeg. Usually the aluminum after WW-II can be mig or tig welded. There is also an aluminum brazing rod that I have used to replace skegs. I have a box of scrap aluminum parts that I can usually find something to make one out of. I have been struggling with this stuff for over 25 years and I’m finely having acceptable results. I have a vague memory of telling someone about this stuff. I have a clear recollection of him getting back to me, thanking me for telling him about it, and how easy he thought it was to use!!!!! I’m 79. At some point in my life it became apparent to me that if I want to know if something is true I needed to test it for my self. They say you have to coat a cork float. I don’t. I put this cork in a bottle of gas in 2017. I change the fuel from time to time. Gas with oil, ethanol with oil. Just a few days ago it was getting low do to evaporation so I put in gas only this time. They say you have to use a redickuless amount of oil. I don’t. Here is a link to my play list. All these motors (except the 1/2 hp Cub) are running on 3 oz. of oil per. gal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1ext_nsrYM&list=PLEJogujM4_caTskpk39oQDt49r-qowimV These are NOT reconditions. Just my experience. I rarely check compression other than to pull a motor over unless it wont run or isn’t running properly. I think that the answers you seek can be found out in your shop.
A "Boathouse Repair" is one thats done without having tools or the skills to do it properly.
