I'm a "Odd Thing Lover"!
If it's
1) Old
2) Worn out
3) Odd
It's for me!
Doesn't matter if it's my house, trucks, cars, bikes, sailboat, powerboats, and now outboards!
It IS much easier now that we have computer to find ANY part and info, not like the "olden days"!
I got a 19' Grumman SF for my wife when she got addicted to fishing, (I'm the driver, I don't care WHAT I'm on, I just like being on the water) to go fishing out of.
It has a 70 "rude as a main motor. I HAD a 9.9 Mariner with controls as our "trolling" motor (up and down the St. Lawrence River near Clayton N.Y.).
Sold the 20' cuddy ( my last years project), AND the mariner.
Now I need a small outboard,to replace it. Has to be light weight, can push the boat up to 4 MPH, easy on fuel.
Then the Sea Gull came to mind.
Hear and read a great deal about them.
Tough work horse motors, but some odd features.....
10:1 oil mix on the one I'm looking at
Lower unit oil is 140 SAE gear oil, (water leaks in and oil leaks out of these.)
I HAD though when I first looked at this, "I'll use that grease/oil mix the BSA and Triumphs used in their gear box".
Nope this won't work, as the oil/water has to mix and oil has to "suspend the water".
I see the oil on E bay from across the pond, I guess I could buy enough to hold me for a few months.
What do owners here in USA use as pre-mixed oil AND lower unit oil?
Thanks!
Joe
One day I'm gonna buy a "normal" item............................ Naaaa what fun would that be?
If it's
1) Old
2) Worn out
3) Odd
It's for me!
Doesn't matter if it's my house, trucks, cars, bikes, sailboat, powerboats, and now outboards!
It IS much easier now that we have computer to find ANY part and info, not like the "olden days"!
I got a 19' Grumman SF for my wife when she got addicted to fishing, (I'm the driver, I don't care WHAT I'm on, I just like being on the water) to go fishing out of.
It has a 70 "rude as a main motor. I HAD a 9.9 Mariner with controls as our "trolling" motor (up and down the St. Lawrence River near Clayton N.Y.).
Sold the 20' cuddy ( my last years project), AND the mariner.
Now I need a small outboard,to replace it. Has to be light weight, can push the boat up to 4 MPH, easy on fuel.
Then the Sea Gull came to mind.
Hear and read a great deal about them.
Tough work horse motors, but some odd features.....
10:1 oil mix on the one I'm looking at
Lower unit oil is 140 SAE gear oil, (water leaks in and oil leaks out of these.)
I HAD though when I first looked at this, "I'll use that grease/oil mix the BSA and Triumphs used in their gear box".
Nope this won't work, as the oil/water has to mix and oil has to "suspend the water".
I see the oil on E bay from across the pond, I guess I could buy enough to hold me for a few months.
What do owners here in USA use as pre-mixed oil AND lower unit oil?
Thanks!
Joe
One day I'm gonna buy a "normal" item............................ Naaaa what fun would that be?