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Well I thought I hit the jackpot today. Saw an old craftsman sitting in a yard so I thought I'd ask to look under the hood. Be my guest was the reply. So I did and there was the mystery spring in all it's glory hooked from one end of the bell crank to the other end of the bell crank ?. Maybe...

Guess that's my only option it just doesn't seem like a proper fit. Thanks for all the responses ?

Scrubcadet that's definitely the spring, just don't know how it connects. Any possible connection points seem too far to span.

It is B&S model 422707 type 1522-01

Appreciated but that is not it. My third pic doesn't really show it well but the governor springs are all much heavier and are in place. This had to come off the carb because that's all I took into the shop. The link I posted has a pic of the spring. It's really quite light weight. I saw...

If you could post a pic I would sure appreciate it as I am stymied.

Just doing some more sleuthing and found a post with two other folks with the exact same issue here https://www.houzz.com/discussions/1628523/briggs-422707-1214-01-carb-spring Def not a gov. spring but what the heck is this thing.

Just bought an old Craftsman 917.254860 lawn tractor with the B/S 422707 twin. It wasn't running so I pulled the Walbro carb (not sure of type but it has the three screws on the fuel pump) and cleaned the needle and seat and every other orifice I could. As I was reassembling it there was a...