jacksanders
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I have a 3-4 years old 15.5 HP Briggs on a Troy Bilt 42 in Pony riding mower. While mowing today, I stopped, disengaged the blades/ deck- backed up, re-engaged the blades/ deck and when I did that the engine kicked into very high RPM- higher then I could previously get at the highest throttle setting. Reducing the throttle had no effect- high RPMs continued. This a Briggs & Stratton 31R707.0001- Model 210000.
In looking on the carburetor when I move my throttle lever, it really does not seems to move the control on the carburetor hardly at all.
Contacted B&S support- they said could be governor spring- from what I can see it is not broken and appears to be still connected to the governor arm and the throttle lever linkage.
Even though it's reving way to high, I don't think the governor is busted internally as logically I would think the throttle would still modify the RPMs even if the governor is busted.
Any other ideas? In googling this issue found it a couple of times but never saw a resolution in those forums.
Thanks for any help- even if I can't fix, I'd like to know potential causes/ fixes if I deal with a repair shop.
In looking on the carburetor when I move my throttle lever, it really does not seems to move the control on the carburetor hardly at all.
Contacted B&S support- they said could be governor spring- from what I can see it is not broken and appears to be still connected to the governor arm and the throttle lever linkage.
Even though it's reving way to high, I don't think the governor is busted internally as logically I would think the throttle would still modify the RPMs even if the governor is busted.
Any other ideas? In googling this issue found it a couple of times but never saw a resolution in those forums.
Thanks for any help- even if I can't fix, I'd like to know potential causes/ fixes if I deal with a repair shop.