Hi all. OK. I've had a lot of trouble getting a boat that I just purchased up and running for the season. Here's the skinny...<br /><br />It's a 1979 Mercury 175 hp Outboard. It will begin to fire the cylinders after about 10 seconds of starting with the choke. (pretty normal response time I'm told) I can get her to scream when I have her in neutral and I'm throttling her, but at idle she dies. After I put it in gear I can only go slow because if I throttle her up she dies. Then after about 30 minutes of running on the water at this slow speed she'll die and won't start back up.<br /><br />I took the recommendation of a buddy to clean out the carbs when he noticed a lot of fuel leaking out. So I took them all apart and noticed a large about of "clear jello". (yup, the floats were stuck) I sprayed everything down REAL GOOD with carb cleaner and reassembled. The fuel problem is gone but I'm left with major idle and throttle hesitation problems.<br /><br />Anything to try would be truly helpful!<br />-shaun
