Today's question(s)

Got my new ORC (didn't like the wobble on the old one). Thanks tOTG... Got my new 5' mower and burned off the pasture (new homestead) so I can see what I'm going to be mowing when I get to it.
Making some progress anyway....

My questions:

1. Purchased a new proofmeter cable as the old was broken in three places and was hoping that the gauge was OK but now am not sure. The needle moves around but doesn't appear to have any correlation to the engine speed but does squeal / howl while doing it. Any idea what might cause this in the gauge and is it an easy fix if someone has experienced it before?

2. Beatrice (my wife and daughter named her...) doesn't want to run past about half throttle. Ran great for several uses after I bought her but after the one extended use (three hours or so) when we dressed my buddy's drive she doesn't like throttle now. My first thought was an air leak somewhere between the carb and manifold because it will run with throttle so long as you also apply some choke. I did the WD-40 spray thing looking for a leak without success. Are there any obvious causes that I may be overlooking.

I'm not terribly knowledgable mechanically but am willing to work to improve her health.

Many thanks in advance for assistance offered.

Rick

The half throttle problem could be anything from spark advance to throttle adjustment or other carb problems to governor problems to valve adjustment or spark plugs. As a first test, try to manually override the governor to see if the carb will deliver more gas. If the governor is worn, it may not be allowing the throttle to fully open.

regards

rod