When I'm setting the engine idle the throttle all the way left kills the crawler and all the way right only goes to 1900rpm on the tach.
When I adjust the throttle at the carb manuall I can get it to over 2000 without any issues. Do I just need to adjust the linkage at the Governor to get it right?
I have the manual so that's not an issue - I jsut wanted to make sure I was seeing this right. The book says that all the way left should be slow idle and all the way right should be fast idle.
Mike
1957 420C - Governor Question
1957 420C - Governor Question
If man can break it man can fix it .. it just takes time and money.
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This is what I found in the 40 tune up manual.
If man can break it man can fix it .. it just takes time and money.
Correct.
Lavoy
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Parts and restoration for antique and late model John Deere crawlers.
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Running like a champ.
So I went in and adjusted the governor linkage. It went from dying when I pushed the lever up to running at what looks like about 550-575 in low idle and sounds really good. The high idle is just at 2000 and after adjusting the carb just a bit the baby sounds really good.
The timing was way off so I have it set with a timing light and it is now smack on.
Still have erratic problem in the ignition. I installed a new coil I put on it and new plug/coil wires.
It really does sound good. I'll try to take a video this week of everyting.
The timing was way off so I have it set with a timing light and it is now smack on.
Still have erratic problem in the ignition. I installed a new coil I put on it and new plug/coil wires.
It really does sound good. I'll try to take a video this week of everyting.
If man can break it man can fix it .. it just takes time and money.
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