Hi everyone. I'm totally new to this board and to boating/boat motors.<br /><br />I came into possession of a Sears outboard motor. It appears to be air-cooled. It has the following number stamped into the plate b ythe transom mount:<br /><br />582 60900<br /> 27800<br /><br />I have the following questions that I hope someone out there will be ale to answer:<br /><br />What is the year and HP of the motor?<br /><br />I assume this is a 2 stroke model. What is the mix ratio?<br /><br />I assume that I should use chainsaw oil due to it being aircooled?<br /><br />What type of connector do I use for the fuel intake that is located under the front of the motor??? It is just one single round cylinder/recepticle with a hollow pin stiking up in the center of it. I'd say the cylinder part of it is maybe 1/2" diameter or so...<br /><br />The sparkplug in the motor is the goofiest little plug I have ever seen. It is only about an inch tall, and has a ver different connecting end (the part that the sparkplug wire goes to) than I have ever seen. It is a little pin recessed down inside the porcelain.... It says Champion TJ 8J on the plug, but I wasn't able to find this plug on champion's site, nor was I able to find any matching part #'s for the motor model on champions application search site, either. So any help with what kind of replacement plugs to get and where to get them would be appreciated. I think the new champion replacement may be a RCJ8. I did some checking and searched goolge for the champion tj8j, and it came up with a clinton chainsaw that used that plug (a d15 motor chainsaw)... So maybe this is a clinton made motor... anyway, I then went to champion's website and used their application search and found the clinton d15 and it says to use the cj8 or rcj8... I'll check into more on that at the store tomorrow. If anyone has any supporting or conflicting information on the plug, please post it if you have the time.<br /><br />Basically, I'm looking for ANY information on this motor at all...<br /><br />Thanks everyone for taking the time to read this, and (hopefully) to respond.
