It shifts into all gears manually,.  I was just looking it up on a site they get $75 for new. Its a Shift Lever AY
I have a spare lower unit that I was going to use if need be, but when we drained the unit it was filled with saltwater!
O well it was a spare after all.
Hope we can get it tomorrow?? we shall see what happens.
I want to try out MY New prop