Hello all, not sure just what I have, my houseboat, a 1971 Nautiline has a mercruiser out drive on it, what I am looking to do is put another gimbal housing on it with another alpha 1 out drive. Currently I am not sure just what out drive I currently have but matches with the alpha 1, what I want to accomplish is pulling the whole unit off to sandblast and paint BUT I want to do it while the boat is still in the water. I can get it high enough to do this, the water is real shallow where I am, but what I want to do is put another gimbal housing on and another alpha 1 drive. The houseboat has a 260 hp 350 GM engine, I have a older 70s gimbal housing, 888 I think, does anyone think the housing will mate up with the engine. This is a temporary fix while I get the original unit checked out and serviced, the gimbal housing is my main concern, I was looking at just blanking the hole up but have these parts on hand.