I made a stupid mistake the other day...I have an old VC that I bought this past spring. After going through everything and checking engine compression, I tried to get it to start. It wouldn"t fire on its own, but it would cough whenever I sprayed a bit of ehter. I figured something must be gummed up in the carb, so I took it apart and rebuilt it. When I reinstalled it, I decided to try starting again without connecting the governor or throttle rod. I just stood next to the carb and manually ran it. Well, sure enough, the carb must have been gummed up because it took right off this time. While I was fiddling with the throttle plate on the carb, the loose governor linkage somehow got in the way on the back side of the carb and prevented me from closing the throttle plate. The engine reved right up and then I felt something hit me in the thigh. I hit the kill switch and looked down to see a large shiny ball sitting on the ground off to my side. I looked at the side of the tractor and saw a gaping hole where the front part of the governor housing had blown up when the fly-balls launched through the side. There was a second ball off behind me a ways. The shamrock shapped plate that holds the balls is still in place and the rear half of the housing looks ok. Do I need to find another complete governor assembly or can I just swap out the front half and replace the balls somehow? I"m more familiar with Farmalls, so anybody know of a place to get the parts? Thanks, and yeah I guess I learned my lesson...
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