8N Ford Governor

wfcrazyd

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I have changed over to 12 V, I have electronic ignition, I have rebuilt the carb, and replaced with after market carb. It starts GREAT it seems to run fine on level ground, but when I get to a certain incline angle, it stutters runs out of power and will die. My next thought is the governor , is there a way to test that?
Very frustrated right now.
TIA
 
See tip # 14.

But chances are it's the aftermarket carb, especially if it's a cheap Chinese clone. If you're lucky, the float is hanging on the side of the bowl.

Or perhaps your fuel line isn't at a slight down angle as it leaves the carb.
75 Tips
 
(reply to post at 10:43:58 01/18/22)
Thank You I printed out your 75 list, and I will look at the fuel line, I did change The "petcock" so I will check the slight down idea. I hope. I have changed the carb back and forth and after market and the stk carb seem to do the same thing. I will go thru the step 14 and see what happens. The more I read the more I am thinking governor.
Thanks again
 
It might have nothing to do with the angle as much as pulling an incline requires more power. Sounds like it's running out of fuel. It sounds like you changed a few things and then it started happening. Did the tractor have any problems that warranted changing parts?
 
(quoted from post at 14:48:54 01/18/22) It might have nothing to do with the angle as much as pulling an incline requires more power. Sounds like it's running out of fuel. It sounds like you changed a few things and then it started happening. Did the tractor have any problems that warranted changing parts?


I have changed over to 12 V . I was tired of the slow cranking, needed a new battery so I went to alt and electric ignition. It starts and runs great. At one point I had a bad distributor cap new in box had no continuity between contacts. (That was hard to figure out) I bought carb during all that. I have rebuilt old carb but the after market carb does the same thing. The next thing on my list is the governor, but hate to throw more $ at it. But it is a 1946, I figure it is probably worn out.
 
Question still stands.
How would running on an incline affect the operation of the governor??
 
You say it runs fine on level ground. Once you get it rolling in 3rd gear, then open the throttle wide open, how does it react to that? If it doesn't stutter and collapse then it's not the governor. It has something to do with an incline.
 
(reply to postS at 10:51:47 01/19/22)

Something to do with incline? Yeah thats when it starts loosing power. I have only tried it in low gear. I live in the hills, so not much flat ground. Like I said it seems to run fine on level ground and a slight incline.
 
"If you're lucky, the float is hanging on the side of the bowl."

I experienced that. Similar symptoms. I found the solder weld on the float was crooked on one side. Float was sticking on side of bowl. I got the soldering iron out and re-aligned the float. No problems since!
 
Did you check fuel flow from line feeding to the carb? I also had a non functioning governor on an 8N but it would still run when adjusting the throttle to accommodate for fuel need.
Another 8N came with two slightly different carbs. One seemed to die under load and the other worked great. I would rebuild and clean your original carb. HTH
 
(quoted from post at 13:51:50 01/21/22) Did you check fuel flow from line feeding to the carb? I also had a non functioning governor on an 8N but it would still run when adjusting the throttle to accommodate for fuel need.
Another 8N came with two slightly different carbs. One seemed to die under load and the other worked great. I would rebuild and clean your original carb. HTH
would 'think' that poster could quickly get gov out of the picture by tying a string on carb throttle arm and pulling it when stall is beginning.
 


OK I want to thank everyone of you guys, I have decided to Rebuild the original carb. It will probably never run again LOL. I have run into every off the wall problem there is. I even had that new dist cap, that had NO CONTINUITY between rotor and plugs. I will do every thing you guys have recommended, but one of you fellas said what does the governor have to do with power? I wonder also, but I read some where it could be the problem. It is 75 yrs old that governor looks original, I suppose it could be worn a little. Again Thank You ALL
 
I would check to make sure it is running on all 4. recheck firing order. One of my 8n's will foul number one plug and it runs fine until I try to climb my drive way and then I have to add some choke to get up the hill.
 
(quoted from post at 11:39:01 01/21/22)
(quoted from post at 13:51:50 01/21/22) Did you check fuel flow from line feeding to the carb? I also had a non functioning governor on an 8N but it would still run when adjusting the throttle to accommodate for fuel need.
Another 8N came with two slightly different carbs. One seemed to die under load and the other worked great. I would rebuild and clean your original carb. HTH
would 'think' that poster could quickly get gov out of the picture by tying a string on carb throttle arm and pulling it when stall is beginning.

Funny you say that . I tried just that, the string got hot on the manifold and burned in half. I WILL try wire next time. So again Thank You very much, I will try anything....
 
(quoted from post at 13:03:10 01/21/22)
(quoted from post at 11:39:01 01/21/22)
(quoted from post at 13:51:50 01/21/22) Did you check fuel flow from line feeding to the carb? I also had a non functioning governor on an 8N but it would still run when adjusting the throttle to accommodate for fuel need.
Another 8N came with two slightly different carbs. One seemed to die under load and the other worked great. I would rebuild and clean your original carb. HTH
would 'think' that poster could quickly get gov out of the picture by tying a string on carb throttle arm and pulling it when stall is beginning.

Funny you say that . I tried just that, the string got hot on the manifold and burned in half. I WILL try wire next time. So again Thank You very much, I will try anything....
 

OK OK OK , I rebuilt the old carburetor "AGAIN" don't ask me why, but it started , it idled, I drove it over a mile, hit two nice inclines (pretty steep) and it was fine. So I will say its fixed, ha ha but I am waiting for what can happen now. HA HA So simple yet so frustrating...
 
(quoted from post at 14:05:21 01/23/22)
OK OK OK , I rebuilt the old carburetor "AGAIN" don't ask me why, but it started , it idled, I drove it over a mile, hit two nice inclines (pretty steep) and it was fine. So I will say its fixed, ha ha but I am waiting for what can happen now. HA HA So simple yet so frustrating...
ood for ya!
 

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