[AT] Lawn tractor

[Richard Fink Sr]

Thanks to all for the information will check it out[may be the reason 
owner sold it cheap]
R Fink Sr
PA

On 4/21/2016 12:26 AM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
> On my old ONan engines there is a row of holes in the governor arm.   I
> would think you might try a hole farther away from the pivot and see if
> that  helps...
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> Cecil in OKla
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> On 4/20/2016 10:26 PM, Greg Hass wrote:
>> Joining this a little late but went back and read the original post. I'm
>> not an expert by far and know nothing about this engine. Having said
>> that, years ago we had a IH 574 gas. The previous owner could not use it
>> on the silage blower because it would start surging and break the shear
>> pins and plug the blower. My dad bought it at auction (it had a loader)
>> and used it to feed cattle. We lived only a few hundred feet apart and
>> he was an early riser. Every morning he would start feeding cattle, it
>> had a straight through muffler, and it would start surging time after
>> time and wake me up. I got tired of it and starting reading up on it. I
>> found out that that tractor, and others, had a surge adjustment on the
>> governor. I found the bolt, loosened the jam nut and turned the
>> adjusting bolt three turns, tightened the jam nut and that was the end
>> of the surging problem. After that we tried it on our blower a couple of
>> times and it worked perfect. I'm wondering if your engine might have an
>> adjustment like that. I think I read about such an adjustment on some
>> Briggs engines. If I remember correctly ( a real challenge some days )
>> the engine involved moving a spring to a hole or something. Before
>> spending a lot of time and money on other things I think I would try and
>> find a book or a knowledgeable person and find out if this engine has a
>> surge adjustment. And yes this problem can show up at random. Good luck
>> on fixing this.
>>            Greg Hass
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