Thankfully, after significant prayer on the shaky ride home, I tore into the old girl. Not surprising, the salt water used 45hp motor was siezed. The brilliant previous owner left both plugs out. What was surprising was that the clamps and bracketry attaching the motor to the transom were all completely rusted. I had to cut the outboard off the boat with an angle grinder. I sold the outboard with controls on ebay for $15. covered my tolls :)