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The top part of an outboard houses the engine. Most older models used a two stroke type where oil is mixed with the gas. The engines’ vertical drive shaft is the slim middle part. At the bottom, a gear converts the vertical motion of the shaft to a horizontal one, to which is connected the propeller.
