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I finally got my new (to me) boat in the ocean and have been figuring out how she handles. My one concern is that there is an obvious vibration when in gear between 1500 and 2200 RPM. I also get vibration to a lesser extent in neutral at from 1400rpm to 1700rpm - I am assuming this is the same...
A bit previously I had issues with a leg oil leak in my Alpha One Gen II leg (leaking from between the upper and lower housings). At the time I got some great advice and found the culprit was simply a missing quad ring seal. After replacing that the leak stopped and after waiting a week with...
Well... I have gone and done an ultimate stupid and shifted my boat on the trailer with the leg down. This resulted in the skeg contacting the cement.
I now have a very slow oil leak from between the upper and lower housings of the sterndrive. From some searching I see that at a minimum I...
