Ok so several posts above I meant "pre-alpha"
I ordered the OEM trim sensors for $114 from Buster's Marine in NY State on eBay and got screwed
Sends me a tracking number for USPS and a week later they still did not have the package.
An email, FB Message, Phone call, attempt to leave a VM, official email complaint through eBay have all gone unanswered.
Admittedly not for long, but once I looked deeper into the complaints they do have, he scammed others the same way and went radio silent on them too.
So I filed a complaint with my bank as waiting 9 days for a response as required by eBay is a waste of time.
I'm going to order a cheap one with good ratings on Amazon Prime and move on.
I installed the "perma-Coil" brand of thread replacement, drilling the hole out, even with a drill press, was the hardest part.
I am a little disappointed in the Mallory hinge pins i bought.
The fit to the threads is a bit sloppy, seems like they will torque fine, but...
I don't have the pins I took out, but the web says the max diameter for a 5/8" bolt is 0.642".
I cannot find a minimum spec - these measure 0.616"
I believe a 0.642" bolt would fit much better
Also, I didn't measure them yet, but one of the hinge portions of the two bolts fits tighter than the other in the same hole.
Nothing drastic, but I expected better from a brand name - not sure what to do here, but am probably just going to go for it, I think it will be fine.
EDIT: Buster's Marine eBay store goes by the name of "Marine Bargains"