Hello,<br /><br />I Have a question that I hope some one can answer. Excuse me for my bad english. I have seen a boat that I want to buy, it looks nice and has all the options I am looking for. When I asked for a testride they had to prepare the boat for it when I was presend. It took a while and they had to make some adjustments to the boat. The problem was a small crack in the lower unit (i have pics on the net). The engine failed to enter the reverse, so they removed the propeller and tightened the bolt behind it, replaced the propeller. After that they started the engine and the reverse worked again. They also filled the tail of the motor with a lot of oil. <br />The people who owned the boat said they will weld the lower end, so the problem will be solved. <br />My question is, will this be enough, or will the lower end have to be replaced. All aditional information on this subject will be more than welcome. Than you for your time.<br /><br />The engine is a 3.0 liter Mercruiser with an Alpha-one tail end.<br /><br />The url for the pics is: <br /><br /> http://webdisk.planet.nl/hoe00154 <br /><br />Greetz Tjebbe.<br />Netherlands.