Racerone you mentioned the linkage may need adjustment. I am pretty sure the gears are messed up, if they wernt they probally are now. It has did the grinding since I had it. At the ramp you can put it in reverse but you cant hardly tell your moving then you gas it a little it grinds. Does that sound like its shot?
My 120, I just quit using because that boat was shot. But it had reverse issues also, but that boat had seprate shift levers and gas levers. If you really pushed hard on the reverse lever you could get it in there but you had to hold it. Does that sound like an adjustment problem? How do you adjust the shift rod? Is it threaded on the foot end and you just screw it in and out to adjust? Hopefully I can salvage the 120 foot.
