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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pjcalla" data-source="post: 356099" data-attributes="member: 12279">Well, I have decided to do the repair myself.  I plan on ordering all the parts within the next day or so.  Is there a better place than boats.net?  I figure I will be getting the new bearing housing, O-ring, seals, etc.  I actually already tore it down, and inspected (briefly) the internals, and they all look good (so far).  I accomplished this without dropping the lower unit.  Would it be a good idea to drop the lower unit to inspect the motor further (upper seals), or just put it back together with the new parts?  I figure it would be better to drop it, but I don't really have a ton of time before my trip.  The motor was running fine in the tank, pumping water, etc., it would just not engage reverse, then I found the problem.</blockquote>