I just bought my first boat. It is a 5.7 alpha one set up. when I bought it it had been sitting for 3 years untouched, the block was cracked. I just got done putting in a new longblock and redid the water pump and all bellows and gimbal bearing. When I looked at the boat the outdrive was stuck in the up position. The PO told me when he parked it he left the outdrive down and it went up on its own. (there was no battery in the boat) I just assumed he left it up and forgot. After I bought it I was able to get it going again by forcing it down while the wife pushed the button. I asked the dealer if it was possible for it to build pressure on its own while sitting and he said it was impossible. boat has since sat for 3 weeks and has in fact started raising on its own..!! how is this happening?
