Did I just do a $10,000 oil change?

[SloopJonB]

Originally Posted by bassviking

Now I think I have a jacked up transmission. Goes in reverse just fine but doesn't fully go into forward. Shaft just turns real slow in forward no matter the RPMs Ain't boat ownership awesome.

Good deal on the noise. The gear situation sounds like a simple cable adjustment.

[Rockter]

Try charging the battery fully. Sounds like you have an alternator belt that may be a bit loose and is trying to re-charge a discharged(?) battery.
You will not have wrecked the motor in that time. Engines starved of lube do not screech immediately. They rattle, and it gets louder, and louder, then they make a whine and a screech as the pistons sieze.

Been there, heard that.

Watch very carefully the banjo fitting that is on the aft end of the oil-line that runs from the oil filter to the governor area. That banjo is notorious for blowing off, and pumping all your oil into the bilge. It needs re-soldering. So far, it's happened to me twice. Be careful. Watch it.

Rockter.