[AT] CA tractor with goofy governor--question

[John Wilkens]

Thanks Will!    John



At 06:29 PM 10/10/2004, you wrote:
>John;
>
>
>You have to bend the rod from the governor to adjust the engine speed. I
>remember when my father and I rebuilt our C. My father thought the
>governor was set and had it revved up to about 3000 or more RPM....  I
>told him that could not be right...
>
>There is a spring that goes from the throttle linkage to the carb. You
>will see that the rod has a small hole drilled into it for the spring.
>You do not adjust that spring. I believe they are talking about the
>spring on the governer but you do not alter the spring itself. Bend the
>rod.
>
>Regards;
>
>Will Powell (PA)
>
>
>
>
>
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>Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 7:47 PM
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>Subject: [AT] CA tractor with goofy governor--question
>
>My good neighbor has an AC CA tractor that runs great.  He just rebuilt
>the
>lower end and I reconditioned the head for him.  Problem is it will not
>stop surging--at idle or under load.  Our books/manuals are very sketchy
>at
>best on how to adjust the governor.  They say to adjust the spring
>tension
>but they don't mention which springs or what tension in pounds!   We
>haven't found anything that works.  You can hold the throttle rod from
>the
>governor and steady it up, but any little change of the throttle will
>start
>it surging again.  Anybody with a CA that has had this problem--and
>figured
>the solution?   John
>
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