Ayuh,..... I donno how yer spinnin' such a prop, as the Alpha drives only have 16" between the prop shaft, 'n the housing,....
The cost of the required tools, equipment, parts, manuals would be more expensive than a brand new drive from Mercruiser. Or 2 drives from SEI
I couldn't find your prop on the solas site, but odds are that's an 18p
Nope,.... Won't work,..... shifting is totally different,....
Bondo, thanks. This makes better sense now to me...
Bondo, with all due respect, I was reading in some forum (now I can't find it) where you were in fact endorsing some dude that was considering an almost exact scenario going from gen 2 to gen 1 in swapping a 3.0 with a 4.3 on a Rinell that the 3.0 and alpha 1 gen 2 we're bad. So, now you are against it? I don't get it....
Likely the post you reference the guy had a older boat with a good gen one and engine and a rotten hull and a another boat with a good hull with bad engine and gen 2. He was likely telling him to do a pulleys to prop swap out for more power ...
you cant mix Gen 1 and Gen 2 parts. But you can swap the whole transom shield AND drive AND coupler, etc.
Ayuh,..... Donno the thread, nor the context,......
Ayuh,.... Ya gotta drill 2 more holes for the Gen.II,.....
After 69 k posts you dont remember…
Well, while I have my integrity in tact, I cannot seem to rise to the financial standards that many of you have. I'm retired now (although one would never know it just by looking at me...but shhhh, that's what she said!) Anyway, when one is on a budget, one tries to maintain within the boundaries of spending...
No one is on this site because they have too much money to throw at their boat...
Ayuh,...... Please read, 'n follow our posting rules, 'n guidelines,......
