Try the linkage and it that seems to be the problem then start unhooking the pieces by poping the balls out of the sockets one at a time...after each disconnection try the accelerator....It might be algae or a plugged up fuel filter....what does the clear manual pump look like...does it have any black substance in it...If you has a gas engine I would have thought it was your convertor...Jim

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James A. Harris