Used "Merge clip" after rough cut, need to replace clips in timeline

I made a rough cut for a sequence I'm working on using just the embedded camera audio from the takes. Now that the roughcut is done I've started Merging the external audio source with the clips.
What I need to know is if it is possible to replace the clips currently in my timeline with the new merged clips without having to go through and re-assemble the entire timeline.
I read somewhere that alt-dragging should give me a green plus sign which I can use to replace the old clip with the new one but I am having no luck with that.

In the Project Panel, click the flyout menu; that's the little stack o' pancakes thing in the upper right corner of the panel. Select "Metadata Display." In the search box, type "usage"--this will reveal the Video Usage and Audio Usage metadata labels. Check those to add them, and hit OK; they'll now be added to the columns in the Project Panel. Now, you can sort on those columns to filter by usage--the unused clips won't have a number associated with that column. Select them all, and if you really want to purge them from the drive, hit Ctrl/Cmd+Delete--that will remove the media from the drive.
If you just want to get rid of the clips, Project > Remove Unused will do that.

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Thanks for getting back to me so soon Sorry, I have to give you links to imgur for pictures of my desktop. I tried everything people suggested, but I still cannot get the insert link or insert photo on the forum to work, ugh!
The problem I was having yesterday is that the rough cut sequence file remains in the Premiere Pro Project Panel after deleting it from the timeline, but does not contain anything once it is deleted from the timeline, the thumbnail becomes blank/black and the rough cut footage cannot be brought back into the same or a different timeline without going back to Prelude and resending the rough cut and associated footage to Premiere. I was getting "No content in sequence In/Out Range".
http://i.imgur.com/74uBHvI.jpg
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http://imgur.com/L0KirVB
*Note I put the additional sequence on the timeline cause I wanted to see if it was identical.
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http://i.imgur.com/YlfvQ2h.jpg
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http://i.imgur.com/iQ9ozDY.jpg
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I am planning to have my rough cut on iMove then finalise it in FCP5.
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http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5317430
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thanks for appreciating my post ..
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