No Problem Just a story Alpha Lower Unit

[Bob_VT]

Well after my first outing with my new old boat I was pleased. My water temp was great but I wanted to prepare for some "bigger waters" and figured I should change the impellar. Hey no problem I have done impellars before.<br /><br />What a pain in the butt! I bet I installed the lower unit at least a dozen times trying to cure a shifting problem. I never encountered one that was like this.<br /><br />Well fellow boaters you will be proud! Duct Tape finds yet another use. I was having problems aligning the shift mechanism. It kept turning and things were just not going together smoothly.<br />The problem was the shift linkage bushing needed to be held in place (discovered on frustrating attempt 10 or 11!!). I used a small piece of duct tape to keep the shift linkage in the proper alingment in the slot.<br /><br />Frustrating you bet ! I kind of felt like a puppy with a football . Hey, it's done and now onto attacking the electrical gremlins and the interior.<br /><br />Bob <br /><br />and yes, I had the manual on hand and used it