Hello,I removed the carb from my Sears 6hp mower to clean it. It was stalling, and I thought it might be varnished up. Cleaning it with Gumout did the trick; it runs fine now. However, upon reinstalling it, the governor ceased to work. The engine runs fine, but the governor does not function properly. I believe I have the linkage hooked up correctly, but the governor does not throttle down the engine at a no-load condition, and does not throttle it up when under load, as it should. In other words, it overrevs at no-load, and doesn't throttle up when under load. I understand the basic design of the Techumseh governor to be spring-loaded fingers on the camshaft which fly out at higher rpms, pushing against the lever which extends through the engine block attached to the throttle linkage, thus lessening the throttle opening (and rpm's) when the motor is not under load. My quandry is this: I don't understand what I could have done by simply removing the carb. Regardless, what do I need to do to get the governor mechanism to work again?
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