[AT] CA tractor with goofy governor--question

[Gilbert Schwartz]

John, I believe the machine is missing a spring that holds some small 
tension on the governor rod. Gil
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From: "John Wilkens" <jwilkens at eoni.com>
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Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 9:46 PM
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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