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Update on my JD 1948A

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Nancy Howell

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James tried several things last w/e. He narrowed it down to the governor since the tractor would run nicely with the governor disconnected. When the governor was connected you could see the throttle on the carb fluctuate and the tractor would start to run poorly.

Since our shop is not set up for that kind of a repair and we only have weekends to work at the farm, we are very limited on how much time we can spend on repair. So, we loaded him up and took him in to our tractor mechanic. Hope to have my "steady eddy" back soon.
 
Im NOT any JD govenor man but know when the pins the weights ride on are worn badly they get erratic but also if a simpler thing like that big spring gets weak they act up. The rod from that spring to the govenor needs adjusted properly ya know, with the carbs throttle plate wide open and the tractor throttle wide open that rod length needs to be like 1/2 hole thickness distance SHORT of just dropping in.

The govenor gear needs timed back to the cam gear when you replace it of course and dont forget that oil line underneath the govenor

John T
 
Might have to wait until next month's paycheck.

One like that I'd have to do on account - on account I don't have the money!

Wonder if that tractor qualifies under the JD Cash for Clunkers stimulus deal?

I got at least one clunker I'd gladly take $4500 in trade.

Bet it would make the JD 350 sickle mower "sing".
 
I hope the governor diagnosis is correct and the repair is simple.

HOWEVER in the real world "The carb was rebuilt last week, so its not the carb." doesn't always turn out to be true!
 
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