73 40hp Johnson dies out when accelerated

benji88

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When accelerating the motor seems to die out. It can cruise ok at low speeds but if you try to speed up it will start to "choke" and then die out if you don't back it down. Each time this happens the motor gets harder to start, and then eventually it wont start at all. Tried squeezing the bulb while accelerating, made no difference. Rebuilt the carb, and it didn't help. Changed the plugs ( did not check the gap yet) no difference. I do not currently have a compression gauge to test the compression. Any ideas? Thanks.
 
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