Re: 1948 Scott-Atwater Online manuals, etc
Best thing to do, is lay the motor on it's side and spray the ignition system down with brake cleaner. That will get all the oil off of the components. Don't worry, the brake cleaner will dry, before you get the flywheel nut back on.
Yea, coolness, you can remove the carb bowl very carefully and you shouldn't risk harming the gasket. If you want to do it, without removing the bowl, then I would just spray the carb cleaner into where the fuel goes into the carb.
Yea, I like that old Scott in your pic. Don't worry, with a little effort and patience, you can match yours to that one. Nice thing about outboards, is they're simple and cost effective to restore and just as much fun as anything else. On motors that have good compression, I just cleaned them all up nice and repainted them. They'll still look just as nice as a new one. That Zephyr you see in my avitar, was my very first and that's all I did to it.