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ericlb · Jul 20, 2012

got to take this thing to work in a hour or so, the problem is surging, i put on a new carb i believe the old one had an internal crack somewhere, but at low rpm, [1200] or so the engine surges dramatically, i think the governor rod and spring assembly needs adjusted, as its rapidly moving back and forth with the surges, and the spring is loose, now when i read the manual, all it covered is adjustment for top end [2200 rpm] does anybody know what the spring tension should be like and how to set it, when i put my hand on the governor rod the engine smooths out and it didnt do it at all with the old carb, thanks,

JDseller · Jul 20, 2012

You need to adjust the linkage at the high idle position. That will make the governor work correctly at all speeds. I don't remember the way a Ford adjusts right off the top of my head but I do know that the linkage needs to be the correct length for any governor to work correctly.

Post this down on the Ford 9N/2N/8N forum. There are guys on that forum that can do it their sleep.

Dodgeit · Jul 20, 2012

(quoted from post at 08:55:59 07/20/12) got to take this thing to work in a hour or so, the problem is surging, i put on a new carb i believe the old one had an internal crack somewhere, but at low rpm, [1200] or so the engine surges dramatically, i think the governor rod and spring assembly needs adjusted, as its rapidly moving back and forth with the surges, and the spring is loose, now when i read the manual, all it covered is adjustment for top end [2200 rpm] does anybody know what the spring tension should be like and how to set it, when i put my hand on the governor rod the engine smooths out and it didnt do it at all with the old carb, thanks,

The first thing to answer is did it run correctly (not hunt) with the old carb on. If so the problem is more likly that the carb is not adjusted correctly. If the idle screw is not adjusted properly it will cause the govenor to hunt.

John B. · Jul 20, 2012

First Governor Rule;

1. Governors ALWAYS fight against spring tension.

The tighter the spring tension the faster the governor has to spin to overcome the spring tension,if the spring is loose the linkage is not adjusted correctly.

jbp · Jul 20, 2012

With the engine not running open he throttle to the wide open position. Remove the cotter pin and clevis pin from the governor lever. With the carb in the wide open position the rod to the carb should be just 1 turn too long for the pin to reconnect to the governor lever. Joe

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