Governer help

I check a governor by manually playing with the carb linkage while standing besides the tractor, when I goose the carb throttle shaft by hand, does the governor "fight me?"

Unless contraindicated by sparkies color, (you do know how to read sparkplug insulator color, don't you?) I'd suggest that maybe your carb might be a "tad lean". I'd try enriching the mainjet by 1/8 turn and see if that doesn't solve your problem. It could be incorrect sparkie timing, or sparkie centrifical advance. But it is so much eazier to enrich the carb a tad..... ...respectfully, Dell

I'm fairly new to the N-family myself and just want to increase by knowledge of this great machine.

Jim

And you're right, the governor trys to balance the required engine power as determined by the balls by opening the carb throttle.

The governor does NOT adjust the carb fuel/air mixture, just the carb air throttle which will suck more gas (power) outta the carb jet. But if the fuel/air mixture was incorrect, sucking more gas is still gonnna leave you with a lean (less powerfull) mixture.

That is why N-Carb has adjustable mainjet (power) and a governor, and why your automobile carb has a fixed mainjet and an adjustable foot operated throttle. (your foot is the governor)

The governor does NOT adjust the sparkie timing, the distributor's centrifical advance does that.

And trust me, you really don't want to plow or mow by using a foot operated throttle..... ..Dell

TJW

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