1989-92 mercury force 5hp idles ok until..

BlackoutBill21

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Its a Force but it says made by mercury Marine. Anyway its a single cylinder, 5 hp force 5. I finally got it running but it hard stalls after like 5 minutes.
Main issue, i cleaned the carb good, now it stalls out when i put my finger, or the primer button, on the fitting. Whats the deal with that? if i leave the button tube off it idles fine. Its the hole right next to the idle needle on top of the carb. carb pictured below in link
 
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