[bigeasy1]

Gille,
why spend the money to fix an outdated drive? You might be better off replacing it with an updated more recent model than to pour a lot of money into the old one.

I have an Alpha drive on my Tsunami,and when it comes time to replace it I'm going to go wth a Sterndrive Engineering replacement.
On the great lakes where I fish,outdrives are extemely common,and several guys have told me they love their SEI units.
Granted their parts are probably made in some other country,but they have a 3 yr warranty and I hear more good than bad about them.
Heck the replacement parts alone from Mercruiser would cost more then a new drive from SEI.

BTW,if you decide to install a new one,I have a Mercruiser cut out pattern that you can have if needed.