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    Shifting alpha on the hard

    Hey guys, a while back I asked about making sure my drive was ok, and now it's finally time to start up the motors so I want to make sure I didn't screw up any of the shifting mechanism before we splash. Can an alpha I genII be safely shifted out of the water?
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    Bellhousing gasket squeezing out

    Hi all, I reinstalled my drives a couple weeks ago. No issues getting them on, slid on with ease. What i noticed today is that on the stbd side of the stbd drive the bellhousing gasket seems to have pressed out a bit around where the shift cable is, the gasket is quite thin there. I can see...
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    bellows adhesive for drive

    A silly question but I'm paranoid...I want to get things going on the boat next weekend and first up is installing the drives. Bellows adhesive says it should be 65* to apply but Friday is about to be like 45-50. Does it really matter if it's cold out? This would be just for the big O ring...
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    Alpha I gen II shift shafts

    Hi everyone, in the fall I pulled our drives and on the port side (CR) I screwed up on reinstall and the drive popped out of reverse while I was installing it. I gave it a bump with the heel without checking for shift shaft alignment and later realized my mistake. I removed the drive, lined up...
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    Twin 1998 Merc 350EFI - Riser temps

    Hi all, first post here but I've lingered for some time for info..so thanks for all the reading up to this point We have a 1998 290DA with twin 5.7EFI Mercs, alpha drives. I just purchased the boat early may so we immediately did risers/spacers/manifolds as a precautionary measure as the...
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