Greetings boat gurus.<br /><br /> 
<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 started it up. Once I was warmed up, I put it into reverse to pull away from the launch and then into forward to pull out into the lake. I was slowly ramping up my RPMs to make sure everything was ok.<br /><br />And all was good. Until...<br /><br />I got her up to about 1800RPM and the drive seemed to come out of gear (RPMs shot up, boat stopped). I was able to slowly limp home at low RPMs so I thought the culprit was a spun prop hub.<br /><br />So, I changed the prop - no difference. Still not getting into gear. It doesn't even sound like it's trying.<br /><br />Additional info: engine is mid-ship mount with the "Jack Drive" extension. Drive shaft seems to impart engine rotation properly to the outdrive shaft.<br /><br />Any ideas would be greatly appreciated - especially any that would avoid moving the beast back onto the trailer!<br /><br /> <br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />Bill F.<br />Rochester, NY<br />Lake Ontario
<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 started it up. Once I was warmed up, I put it into reverse to pull away from the launch and then into forward to pull out into the lake. I was slowly ramping up my RPMs to make sure everything was ok.<br /><br />And all was good. Until...<br /><br />I got her up to about 1800RPM and the drive seemed to come out of gear (RPMs shot up, boat stopped). I was able to slowly limp home at low RPMs so I thought the culprit was a spun prop hub.<br /><br />So, I changed the prop - no difference. Still not getting into gear. It doesn't even sound like it's trying.<br /><br />Additional info: engine is mid-ship mount with the "Jack Drive" extension. Drive shaft seems to impart engine rotation properly to the outdrive shaft.<br /><br />Any ideas would be greatly appreciated - especially any that would avoid moving the beast back onto the trailer!<br /><br /> <br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />Bill F.<br />Rochester, NY<br />Lake Ontario