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MC1 outdrive gasket question

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baba_bluey

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"I have a 1980 MC-1 drive. Had

"I have a 1980 MC-1 drive. Had to pull to do some motor work. Was getting together a parts list, and noticed i had a gasket kit for a alpha-1 drive. Looks like all the same o-rings, but the gasket has one extra hole on one side. I put it on the bellhousing, and it looks like everything lines up. Can this gasket kit be used? Or should i just buy the right kit?"
 
It's funny but that extra

It's funny but that extra hole in the gasket doesn't line up with anything in the Alpha1 drive either but the gasket works fine.
 
Merc does not sell that kit an

Merc does not sell that kit any longer only the one you have.

Seria may have the proper gasket.

My advice would be to use that gasket and put a dab of rtv in the hole. When tightening the older shaped outdrives it tends to squeeze the gasket out a bit. The Newer outdrives have a wider flange then the older housings........
 
"Ayuh,... The extra hole is f

"Ayuh,... The extra hole is for the Alpha 1, Gen.IIs...
Even Seirra is selling only the 1 kit, atleast at my local Napa...
It works Perfectly on all of them back to the early Mod.1s..
I buy the kit's by the 1/2 dozen at I think $6 each....
maybe less.."
 
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