[AJD] Losing my mind getting the "B" in time

Steve Treimer steelerhawk at yahoo.com
Thu Feb 10 13:49:02 PST 2005


Spencer,
Perfect, except it sounds like Nick might have to lift his governor and
rotate to make the coupling horizontal.
Steve

--- Spencer Yost <yostsw at atis.net> wrote:

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> This is a scan out of my AT Bible book.  Your browser may try to
> optimize
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> I noticed that my procedures are a bit different than yours so this
> might
> be of some help.  If, during these procedures they say your governor
> should
> be level and it isn't, adjust your governor. If it can't adjust, then
> something is seriously amiss.  As Dean said, probably the cam is off
> or the
> governor gear has skipped a tooth.  My driving coupling slot is dead
> level
> when I do this.
> 
> This works for me every time.   Breath deep, follow religiously, and
> you
> should be in business in abut 15 minutes.
> 
> Spencer Yost
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> On 2/9/2005 at 5:17 PM nick_solomon at infostations.com wrote:
> 
> >ok..... let me see if I can clearly explain my problem.
> >
> >problem # 1
> >
> >I decided to retime the tractor from the ground up(at least from the
> >govenor up) according to my manual in the section for timing the
> govenor,
> >you rotate the fly wheel till the mark on it where it says LH
> IMPULSE,
> >lines up with the mark on the gear cover, and when it does, that the
> drive
> >in the govenor should be parallel with the top of the crank
> case......
> >when the marks on the fly wheel/gear cover line up, the gears will
> not
> >mesh, the only way for the drive in the govenor to be parallel, is
> for the
> >marks to be off almost a half inch on the fly wheel/ gear cover.
> >So I left it retarded rather than advanced for now.
> >
> >Problem # 2
> >
> >Ok so now its time to remount the magneto and time it
> >
> >manual mentions 2 different ways, one for the B96000-B201000, and a
> second
> >method for the 201000 and up mine is in the 201000 and up category
> >
> >so it instructs one to remove LH spark plug, and rotate flywheel
> till you
> >feel pressure building in the cylinder then continue to rotate till
> PUNCH
> >MARK on fly wheel hub lines up with V MARK of fly wheel
> cover........ this
> >is where I thought that it was odd, because its a bit off from where
> the
> >other marks were when timing the govenor.... but who am I to argue
> with
> >instructions. once again it states that the drive coupling in
> govenor will
> >be in the horizontal position, NOT SO!!!!!!? So, really long story
> into a
> >slightly shorter one, I went back and remeshed govenor gears so that
> drive
> >coupling in govenor are horizontal when the PUNCH MARK on fly wheel
> hub
> >lines up with V MARK of fly wheel cover. great, so I proceed to try
> to
> >time the Magneto and find it to be so far off that it is imposible
> to trip
> >the mechinism. so I RETIME the govenor AGAIN back to where the book
> says
> >to do it in the first place and proceed to mount the mag with the
> marks
> >retarded. time it and try to start it. crank till flooded, it back
> fired
> >once providing my only amusment by launching my pop can cover 25 ft
> in the
> >air........ and still won't start, Im stumped in how to get this
> thing
> >timed
> >
> >frozen and frustrated
> >Nick
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