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Im not sure why that plate, number 2 in the marine engine diagram you posted, is removable>?
The spent cooling water exits from the small hole just aft of that, then out through the snout.
That plate really just keeps the exhaust from coming back up, and forcing it out the snout with the spent cooling water. If you remove that plate, you will see a bypass hole, which leads back down into the gearcase cavity. That hole is where the exhaust gas makes its way out into through the snout on the leg.
I have no idea why that shift handle gets hot to tell you the truth. Nor why your leg is getting so hot. If a ton of cooling water is exiting the snout, that should cool the rear portion of the leg.