Greetings boat gurus.<br /><br /> :confused: <br /><br />I recently replaced my 1985 Mercruiser M-260 (350 V8) Alpha1 outdrive with a newly remanufactured one.<br /><br />It (the outdrive) arrived dry and I pumped in the gear lube - that went fine.<br /><br />Got the boat into the water and...