Pearson 365 and 367

    I can't thank you enough for taking the time to reply!  So here is where I am at.  For some reason I have the RV-20 which has been discontinued for some time.  I drove it over to ft lauderdale to trasmission marine after speaking with a mechanic who was knowledgable about Walter v-drives.  He mentioned it is quite large for this model Pearson and said he would give it a look and tell me what he can do.  Then i received the great phone call from him asking if it came from a sunken boat.  So he is saying it would need entirely rebuilt in which he would basically only keep the housing, costing about five hundred less then a new one.  A new one he estimated at 3500.  He said when he opened it it was just a ball of rust.  I am planning on verifying this of course before continuing to attempt to fix the problem.  Though my gut reaction is that he is honest and this is what I'm stuck with.  I guess the questions now are:  if I buy new do I need to buy a unit that matches the size of the Rv 20?  Are there simialar units out there that have internals parts that would make this still achievable at a lower cost.  Should I attempt to find a used Rv-10?   Again I can't thank you enough for sharing some knowledge with me.  First boat i have owned with a v drive.  It scared me a little prepurchase and has developed into a self fulfilled prophecy. 

Hi everybody!  I have had my 365 for three years next week.  I just had my brother fly down from Colorado to sail for a couple weeks and my v drive was all gummed up.  I recently had new seals put into by a nearby mechanic and have realized he never even touched it.  It was totally seized and my brother and I flushed it and freed it up enough to do full revolutions on the shaft by hand.  We pulled the drive already but I need someone I can trust do get this job done right.  I am thirty year old chef with not a lot of money.  Can anyone let me know how screwed I am? Or if we could press new bearings ourselves?  My older bro is pretty bummed both of our vacations for the year are now sitting in Tampa bay at dock.  (Fly fishing has been great from shore though.  So we have that going for us.