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It’s really hard to tell from the vid, but it does sure seem that the motor is slowing down without movement from the throttle lever (the little lever that replaces the tiller). The vid shows it about horizontal for a bit, but then it’s about 10:00 for a good range in RPM with eventual shutdown.
I agree with the other comments here, we need to see if there is water coming out the back end. Sure seems like it’s overheating.
Dobber, also, you’ll want at some point to hold that high speed lever (the one at the bottom) and loosen the screw with a standard screwdriver and rotate that lever to the 12:00 position. (Be sure the mixture screw is not rotating when you rotate the loosened lever) It is currently hitting the cover, and that is not a good thing. As you’re aware, that adjustment needle is independent of the outer cover. Needs to be able to vibrate separately. This will make adjustments easier.
Once the water pumping (or not pumping) has been put to rest, and if it’s still doing this, a good full throttle adjustment of that same high speed needle is in order.