Alpha 1 drive with gen 2 cylinders??

[kpforce1]

My boat was originally equipped with an Alpha 1 gen 2 drive. The drive was damaged and previous owner had a shop swap the only available drive they had which was regular Alpha 1. I was always under the impression the you could not use gen 2 trim cylinders on a regular alpha 1 and vice versa due to length.

Today I pulled the trim cylinders off to rebuild and sure enough they are gen 2 units. I thought the rods were too short to function on a regular alpha 1 drive. I have rebuild kits for an alpha 1 not gen 2 and the pressure relief valve is a lot different.

Has anyone ever seen this before? Could the gen 2 rods have been swapped for regular alpha 1 rods or something? Does anyone have the lengths of the Alpha 1 and gen 2 trim cylinder rod lenghts?

Thanks,
kp

 

[Bondo]

The drive was damaged and previous owner had a shop swap the only available drive they had which was regular Alpha 1.

Ayuh,...... No clue on the trim rams,..... never tried that before,.......

They musta used an Alpha 1 bellhousin' to do that swap,.....

You do know, that you can't go back to a Gen.II, without it's bellhousin',.... Right,..??

 

[kpforce1]

Ayuh,...... No clue on the trim rams,..... never tried that before,.......

They musta used an Alpha 1 bellhousin' to do that swap,.....

You do know, that you can't go back to a Gen.II, without it's bellhousin',.... Right,..??

Bondo, everything is Alpha 1 gen 2 except the actual drive (upper and lower leg). When I pulled the drive off, drive oil came out from the hole in the bellhousing fed by the reservoir. So it looks like they swapped the drive and I would assume the shift cable and arm. I have never seen someone do it like this lol.

 

[Bondo]

Bondo, everything is Alpha 1 gen 2 except the actual drive (upper and lower leg). When I pulled the drive off, drive oil came out from the hole in the bellhousing fed by the reservoir. So it looks like they swapped the drive and I would assume the shift cable and arm. I have never seen someone do it like this lol.

Ayuh,..... The shift linkages are very different,..... Unless it was all swapped to an A1, the Gen.II linkages wouldn't work,......

If the drive blows up, yer gonna have to stick with the A1 drives,.....

There's no oil hole in the drive, Right,..??

 

[kpforce1]

Ayuh,..... The shift linkages are very different,..... Unless it was all swapped to an A1, the Gen.II linkages wouldn't work,......

If the drive blows up, yer gonna have to stick with the A1 drives,.....

There's no oil hole in the drive, Right,..??

It has been a while so I do not remember what the linkage and shift arm looked like. I will look. I just know it is using the gen 2 transom assembly (with gen 2 bellhousing). I do not think it would have worked at all with the gen 2 linkage unless the drive had a different intermediate shift shaft put in (if one exists). If drive blows up it will be swapped back to a gen 2 drive. No hole for fluid in the drive.