Milesvdustin
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So I did the whole tuneup shebang yesterday and the tractor runs great! That is, until I hit some thicker grass or start up a hill. The tractor will start to surge hard when going up the hill and almost die. This is in first gear at full throttle, which is how i was mowing. It doesnt seem like to governor is doing anything at all.
I wasnt sure if it was the gov or not, so i stopped the brush hog, put the tractor in 2nd gear at half throttle and went up the incline. It still hesitated and surged up the hill even if i moved the throttle to full while it was doing that. It is also leaking oil from the governor.
A couple other things:
The carb had a bit of frost on the outside, is that normal from the change in state of the fuel inside the carb?
When i moved the carb to gov rod, it feels like the ends are spring loaded, normal?
I have no throttle response for about a third of the quadrant.
I did a fuel flow test and it pours out steady, i let a half gallon run out of the carb and it was a solid stream the whole time.
It appears that all of my symptoms point to a worn, broken, and out of adjustment governor.
Thoughts?
I wasnt sure if it was the gov or not, so i stopped the brush hog, put the tractor in 2nd gear at half throttle and went up the incline. It still hesitated and surged up the hill even if i moved the throttle to full while it was doing that. It is also leaking oil from the governor.
A couple other things:
The carb had a bit of frost on the outside, is that normal from the change in state of the fuel inside the carb?
When i moved the carb to gov rod, it feels like the ends are spring loaded, normal?
I have no throttle response for about a third of the quadrant.
I did a fuel flow test and it pours out steady, i let a half gallon run out of the carb and it was a solid stream the whole time.
It appears that all of my symptoms point to a worn, broken, and out of adjustment governor.
Thoughts?