Ok..... here is the whole story. I think I know why I had water in my lower unit oil and I had lost reverse.
About 1 1/2 years ago I replaced the main lower unit cage big O rings and reassembled it. What I now
see is that I did not FULLY tap the cage into the lower unit housing. Now that I have really seated the
cage back into the housing, I have reverse, neutral, and forward just as I should. Does that make
sense to you. ????