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#1231809 08/24/2017 4:19 PM
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Is this the governor that the carburetor is sitting on?
ID tag on my 42 1.5 ton has a MPH rating "with governor" and a "without governor" rating.

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Yes, that's what it appears to be. Does the vacuum line attached to the unit under the carburetor go to the distributor? Most governor-equipped engines use a special distributor with manifold vacuum plumbed to a speed sensor that controls the throttle position.
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Yes there is a line that runs to the Distributor Thank you .
Thank you for the manual page also. I will try and adjust it this weekend. Top speed is 40 MPH. I would like to see if I could squeeze another 5 mph out of it.


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Years ago many people would take the throttle plates
off the governor then re-install the governor back up
so it appeared that the unit still worked.

That's what was done to my son's 1946 2 ton.
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I don't see a governor in your image, just the bottom casting of your carburetor. If the governor is still there, it should look like or be reminiscent of the one Tim posted.


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