1999 mercury Bigfoot 25 hp 4 stroke

Zackpool28

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Bought this 16ft Jon boat with this Bigfoot on it and took it out as soon as I got it home and ran great and planed up quick but had a slight cutout mid throttle. He told me it has fuel from the last year so I cleaned out the carb and put a new carb kit in it, new plugs, new fuel filter, new fuel lines and bulb, and a new prop since it was dinged up but same spec prop. I took it out and boat starts and idles ok but when it’s in reverse or drive it won’t push the boat over 2100 rpm’s. Got good fuel pressure and new fuel in the tank non ethanol 91
 

Zackpool28

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Update!
Pulled carb back apart and noticed plug for the jet was missing, could this cause my problems? Thanks for the input!
 
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