Hi, I just picked up a 28 SPL for my small boat and I have a couple questions, you guys have always been helpful in the past...
Took the motor out today and after putting the boat back on the trailer I noticed a combination of water and oil or grease squeezing out of this hole in the foot. There are 3 such holes, is this missing something? I've never noticed anything like this in other outboards. The plate at the top is also missing a screw and the same type of oil/water mix is seeping out of there too.
I drew arrows to the holes. The bottom one you can really see the oil seepage. The two upper ones arent really seeping anything, there just there...what are these for?![Picture 059.jpg Picture 059.jpg](https://forums.iboats.com/data/attachments/10/10215-fbf355a867fb1f0c07a08e4d162f034e.jpg)
![Picture 057.jpg Picture 057.jpg](https://forums.iboats.com/data/attachments/10/10216-76dbfb6c0381d51644a3b2a9203b5f4f.jpg)
Also this joint is barely holding together cause only 1 screw is holding that plate in. THe other screw is broken off in there. Should I drill, or could I cause more problems if I drill too far in?
Should I run 100:1 or 50:1 gas oil ratio?
How difficult is it to convert the long shaft design to a short? Should I just get a very high jackplate and mount it up on the transom instead?
Thanks in advance yall.
Took the motor out today and after putting the boat back on the trailer I noticed a combination of water and oil or grease squeezing out of this hole in the foot. There are 3 such holes, is this missing something? I've never noticed anything like this in other outboards. The plate at the top is also missing a screw and the same type of oil/water mix is seeping out of there too.
I drew arrows to the holes. The bottom one you can really see the oil seepage. The two upper ones arent really seeping anything, there just there...what are these for?
![Picture 059.jpg Picture 059.jpg](https://forums.iboats.com/data/attachments/10/10215-fbf355a867fb1f0c07a08e4d162f034e.jpg)
![Picture 057.jpg Picture 057.jpg](https://forums.iboats.com/data/attachments/10/10216-76dbfb6c0381d51644a3b2a9203b5f4f.jpg)
Also this joint is barely holding together cause only 1 screw is holding that plate in. THe other screw is broken off in there. Should I drill, or could I cause more problems if I drill too far in?
Should I run 100:1 or 50:1 gas oil ratio?
How difficult is it to convert the long shaft design to a short? Should I just get a very high jackplate and mount it up on the transom instead?
Thanks in advance yall.