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Check the routing of the outer cable jacket, It can get jambed or kinked quite easily. It has to follow a specific path to the shift plate..

Lovely idea, beats pulling the engine!

Should be directly fastened to the thru hull fitting. Trace your intake hose and it should lead you right to it..

If you have a thru hull fitting for the intake it assuredly has a valve.

Off hand, I say you lost 400 rpm and ran out of motor because of the higher pitched prop..If your engine could still generate the 4800 rpm you would go faster..

not to far from me.. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Rhea_Springs,_Tennessee

Put recommended amount of oil in, the dip stick is a joke , if you don't have oil in the bilge and the motor is not pumping it out on the water your good.

Glad it worked out for you, just keep an eye on your temp, you didn't say anything about the size of your tub and could have injured your impeller.

I don't know your situation but couldn't you core it as far forward as possible and then run solid glass just for the edge that tucks under the forward section.?

Welcome The torn bellows is a good indicator that nothing has been maintained, a complete check up in needed..

I know, it works very well! It's how I kept my 57 ford running when I was a kid..

You have to go to Hogwarts to learn that skill!

If you can mount the motor and line it up to the shaft securely then the cowl is the least of your worries. Just cut a hole and build it to fit..

I like @64osby suggestion, get ya back on the road and something to do in your spare time..

I thought about this approach as well but I don't think my hand would fit through the pedestal base. ... But a young apprentice could do it!

All the above and also put a new water separator filter on it. Water in the fuel can cause some very erratic stop and go symptoms..

Toggle bolts might work, if they did it would be easier..

You could install a 6 lnch inspection plate near enough to the pedestal so it's possible to reach the under side..

My previous boat 350 v8 had a tube and it gave a nice sounding exhaust note especially below 1500 rpm.. I want to put a tube on my current boat..

When I had my bell housing off to replace all the rubber bits I forgot to tighten the screws on the sender and it slipped out of adjustment. Maybe yours has slipped.