I’ve reread this thread and I think I’ve found your problem. You stated the the engine is not stock, which is probably the problem. Who ever installed the engine has not attached the control cables properly. The problem I have is that I’m not standing there to solve the screwup, and it will be very difficult to explain. Take a look at this video and then look at your engine again. Hopefully you will be able to reroute and attach the cables properly..two things I can see. The throttle control cable should go where the lower cable is attached. You will need to find a lever which controls the choke independently of the throttle. A good tech should be able to work this out for you if you run into problems, or come back with more pics of the controls and carb.
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Engine saga continues - broken governor made engine run better?
- Thread starter ktpnw
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Interesting. Thanks so much! I'm positive I never changed that, previous owner must have attached it wrong. There were certainly other things he did incorrectly that I already fixed, so not a huge surprise.I’ve reread this thread and I think I’ve found your problem. You stated the the engine is not stock, which is probably the problem. Who ever installed the engine has not attached the control cables properly. The problem I have is that I’m not standing there to solve the screwup, and it will be very difficult to explain. Take a look at this video and then look at your engine again. Hopefully you will be able to reroute and attach the cables properly..two things I can see. The throttle control cable should go where the lower cable is attached. You will need to find a lever which controls the choke independently of the throttle. A good tech should be able to work this out for you if you run into problems, or come back with more pics of the controls and carb.
Yes, in the first photo there are two cables running off the right side of the photo - bottom one is the choke control, upper is the throttle control. Then the wire running vertically is the link to the throttle control on the carb.
This is starting to make sense. I was wondering in the back of my mind how the governor could control the throttle when the throttle cable was essentially connected directly to the carb. But I hadn't made the connection that was where things were wrong. Thanks again, I'll watch the video you linked and see if I can get it together correctly and report back.
Success! Problem solved. You were right, cables were hooked up wrong. To add to the complication, I realized that this engine has a throttle activated choke (at full throttle, the choke is closed, rather than a separate cable and lever). So once I got the choke cable removed and the throttle cable hooked into the correct hole (bottom hole on the round plate in the photo), readjusted governor and throttle cable, and it runs great. Steady revs regardless of load, everything appears to be working great. Thanks again so much for the help and advice, really helped me out!I’ve reread this thread and I think I’ve found your problem. You stated the the engine is not stock, which is probably the problem. Who ever installed the engine has not attached the control cables properly. The problem I have is that I’m not standing there to solve the screwup, and it will be very difficult to explain. Take a look at this video and then look at your engine again. Hopefully you will be able to reroute and attach the cables properly..two things I can see. The throttle control cable should go where the lower cable is attached. You will need to find a lever which controls the choke independently of the throttle. A good tech should be able to work this out for you if you run into problems, or come back with more pics of the controls and carb.
No worries at all, thanks again. Sometimes, the simplest answer is the hardest to find...Congratulations, I guess I got lucky on this one. Sorry I didn’t catch my mistake earlier, would have saved you a lot of time.