1972 seahorse 9.5 won't run

[muherd50]

I have a 9R72M that won't stay running. It will start and run but not very well but once you try to give it the gas it dies. I have had the carb off a couple of times sprayed carb cleaner in every hole I can put it back together same thing. Could it be the fuel pump? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[boats.net]

Check compression is ok. Probably need to have carb soaked and cleaned throughly.

[muherd50]

A buddy found the problem today! I would have bet it was a carburetor problem. Turns out the wires to the kill switch were missing insulation and corroded. I guess it was trying to kill the engine because of the missing insulation but the wires were so corroded it wouldn't quite kill it until it was throttled up.