sunsettractor
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I have a nice old 1950 ZAE, it runs well but the entire time I have owned it, there has been an issue with the idle being too high, and the first one third movement of the throttle not having any response to the RPMs of the engine. After reading a bit on this subject I tried turning the speed adjustment screw on the governor to see if that would help the issue, as well as checking the bend in the linkage between the carb and the governor.Now, after running the adjustment screw in and out on the governor the engine will only idle at a high rpm, and giving the engine any throttle just kills the engine. Can anyone give me an idea of what I need to do to correct my governor speed adjustment so the tractor will run ok. Do I possibly need to have my governor rebuilt or unstuck?? I recently purchased a rebuilt carb from a vendor on ebay, because the old carb I had was cracked at the fuel inlet. It ran well with good power with the exception of the runaway idle issue, until I messed with the speed adjustment screw, I had a useable tractor, could really use some help with this, Anyone????