Alpha one upper housing question

[spareparts]

sounds like its fine, check the lube level next time your at it. Is your drive a gen 1 type. I have installed drive resevoirs on older drives like what comes on the newer ones. the price for those kits from Mercury is high(cheaper than a upper gearcase). It wouldn't take much to make a remote resevoir for your drive. I blame the remote resevoirs for a drop in outdrive rebuilds I do since they were introduced in 91