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Hi All, I have this Alpha 1 lower unit up on the bench completely disassembled and I still cannot get reverse gear to engage correctly. With the gears installed in the lower unit, I can manually turn the shift shaft and engage forward and neutral but there doesn't seem to be enough "throw" in...
Hi All, I've got an older (84) Mercruiser IO with an Alpha drive that has been having shift problems for some time. Original shift problems ranged from the kill switch activating when you gave the boat too much forward throttle to killing the boat in reverse. Since I figured this boat has...
