Justin Zant
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I finally got my planetary transmissions and steering clutches put back into my windrower and now the one thing that's never given me trouble is acting up, the motor. Yesterday it was acting up so this morning I changed the oil and gave it a full tune up, points and condenser, cap, rotor, plugs and wires. Yesterday I had the carb off and cleaned it and blew brake cleaner through all the passages and nothing seemed to be plugged. I checked fuel flow at the sediment bowl on the bottom of the tank at the sediment bowl on the fuel pump and at the carb and all checked out. Also blew out air filter.The thing will run good for awhile then lug down like I'm in super thick hay even if I'm not if I choke it momentarily it will build rpm again for a little while. I thought for awhile it was an issue with getting hot and about the time I'm frustrated enough to try letting it cool off it will take off and run great again. I'm wondering if I have govenor issues? When its running good and doesn't have a load on it at full throttle the governor bounces and the rpm pulses. If anyone has any ideas of what else to check or how to adjust/service the governor I'd surely appreciate it. Also curious if there is an IH 4 cyl diesel that would be similar for a swap and what sort of machine would it be found in? It will probably never happen but at least then I would know what to look for a good deal on.