[THEFERMANATOR]

that engine appears to be a late 80's 115 and already has the bubble back high flow exhaust on it. The rust on it isn't that bad compared to many of that age, and it looks like a good pressure washing then some wire brushing followed up by some OSPHO and good primer and paint would take care of the steering arm for a long time. It's a good solid engine, but not by any means easy on fuel for that crossflow. That's the same basic engine that my had(1.6l SEA-DRIVE was a 115 JOHNSON), and that thing drank gas like a V-10 DODGE truck towing 20K pounds. It used 12 GPH at a 3800RPM cruise I figured. On a lighter boat though many say they aren't that bad.