Posted by dstates on October 21, 2012 at 18:09:37 from (173.18.213.205):
I've had my grandpa's '52 H now since Memorial Day. I've taken it on a dozen or so short drives and noticed it lugged down on the hills quite a bit, but just assumed it was either normal or I needed to do some tuning.
Well... I just got done with some recent changes and thought I should run it around and make sure I stopped the leaks I thought I did and see how it ran. I changed transmission oil, replaced a couple felt seals and installed a new manifold. It seemed like a brand new machine!!! It had tons of power up the hills, was louder at full throttle and seemed to be going faster in 5th than it ever has.
I think I figured out why. It was really puzzling at first. I was thinking "did the new manifold make a difference?". Why would that change anything??? However, the more I thought about it I figured it out. When I had the manifold off I was able to get behind the governor where the governor input arm is. I knew it still had a lot of dirt and crud packed in there and I worked for quite a while to clean that out since I could get to it easier. I must have gotten rid of enough crud that the input arm has full travel again. I'm just amazed. That was a fun discovery today :)
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