Re: Champion blue ribbon outboard

[David Stanton]

That 1J is a great motor to start your hobby with – easy to work on and operate. It has an aluminum water pump impeller that never wears out. Put heavy , thick grease in the lower unit – I use water-resistant lithium wheel bearing grease made for boat trailer wheel bearings in mine – take off the front of the lower unit by removing the screws in that vertical piece of metal behind the prop and pack the grease in with a putty knife (the guy, Lyle Swanson, who sold Champion parts and repaired them until the mid 1980s put me on to that method). Champion went out of business in 1958.
Dave