My B&S 850series Craftsman 17" Tiller OHV engine governor is on top like yours unlike most videos showing the side mount governor setup. Thanks for showing how to adjust governor.
Kudos on this vid. Fully counter clockwise will ensure the governor engages to the max. You can go a little bit clockwise, AFTER you've gone counter clockwise all the way until it stops. That will bring the revs up a bit when the throttle is all the way open....................Z
I just watched the video for adjusting the governor on a B&S engine. All I can say is thank you. My tiller wouldn't start so I started on the fuel system. It was very dirty, 20 years of dirty. I cleaned the carb and tank as well as could. I tried to adjust the gov with no clue to what I was doing. I started the motor and it was running wild. The choke was the only way to attempt to operate it. This motor always had issues. Couldn't run it without some choke and surging was always a problem. I'll try to adjust the gov tomorrow. After watching your video I'm hopeful to get it right. If need be where can I get a new carb? TIA.
Thank you for making this video. I had a mouse nest and mud dauber nests underneath the shielding below the governor, that would not come out with an air gun or any tools, so I had to take off the governor arm and did not realize until it came off that I had not marked the position between the arm and governor. Put it all back together and it was revving a bit too high, I knew I had the arm wrong but could not find the answer for my type of governor until I found your video. All the rest are saying go clockwise. Thank you.
WOW this is fantastic. I was loosing my mind because my governor wasn't working. Turns out my screw got loose and fell out, and this video made it easy to see what my problem was. Thanks so much for making this!
Today for some reason my wood chipper did not start. I cleaned the carburetor, drained the gas tank and filled with fresher gas, sprayed easy start in the air intake …..still no starting. Then I realized that the throttle did not move the little arm. I thought that a spring was broken, missing and else. So I came back home ( by the way….my electric weed waker stopped working as well….it’s toasted! :( ) and came across with your video. It has the same assemble like yours. Now I have an idea on what to do next time i see my wood chipper again. Hopefully I won’t mess it up for good. I’ll keep you posted. Than you.
I have the same problem on my chipper. When I move the throttle lever, the throttle doesn’t move. I still can’t tell from this video if it is supposed to or not (the video is super blurry). What did you find out?
@@lisakeller149 well….after replacing the spark plug, cleaned the carburator , cleaned the gas tank, changed the oil the chipper started at the first pull. The governor want the problem, but now I can’t keep the idle. It either full throttle or off. So now I have a new problem. It runs only at high speed. Any clue?
Having issues with my engine surging. Have replaced the carb, spark plug and have new gas. Also had oil and white smoke blowing out of the muffler. Have a Poulan Pro 725exi. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
Excellent, thanks for making it clear. _yes it seems all I've seen was to turn clockwise. Thanks for verification that turn direction governor arm goes. Thumbs up ×2
Thank you so much for this video I had to search quite a bit to find one that had the same set up as mine. Would you happen to know if I leave the governor hooked up when using motor on a go cart and installing throttle cable?
I know this video is old, but I had to say thank you for saving me hours of scratching my head. Adjusted just like you said and it works perfect. Turns out the little 3/8 bolt had come loose. Adjust your max rpm with the spring pressure. Easy as pie. Thanks a million!
@@thekenpokid21 Mine was on a newer engine, but I adjusted it and ran perfect.....until the internal governor exploded about 20min later. Had to remove entire engine, remove crankcase cover, and replace governor assembly inside the engine. If your rod is doing nothing, it may be damaged inside the engine.
@@ryanhoaglin9907 oh no. Yeah I'll have to start the engine again. I spoke w my neighbor and he said the engine has to run for this to work. I'm not sure about that though. I'm not up to opening up the engine but if that's what I have to do then I'll have to doit. Thanks for the tip
The engine does indeed need to be running for the governor to exert it's influence on the throttle. It operates with flyweights which are weights on levers which work against a bushing linked to the external governor arm. As the engine spins faster the weights fly out harder and thus pushes the throttle closed by an amount determined by the governor spring tension. This keeps the engine from overspeeding. @@thekenpokid21
I see that I am missing the smaller spring that is attached lever. I also don't have a throttle control arm on my snowblower, but otherwise the same setup. Thanks for posting
Well I will give this a try on my old riding mower I put a new carb on and its still surging and over reving so I will mess with th governor next and see if that will work but if it dont then I give up and it goes up for sale as is lol
Gave it a try with counter-clockwise and actually revved even faster. I readjusted to clockwise and ran much better. So a diff model I guess but still your video helped. Thanks
Thank you for the video, would you know why if I am on full throttle and decide to move the choke from run to choke, the rpm jumps way to high, over 4200.
That could be a lot of things, try maybe cleaning your carb. Or maybe you have an air leak somewhere and when you choke it it’s pulling in air from that air leak.
I thank you.. I have to rewatch video again. Can you so a 12 hp briggs and stratton on a rer snapper mower...lol and do I need the little spring cause I cant find it on my mower just the linkage throttle and chole but the govenor spring is missing
This is my problem exactly. But my question is why would it go out of adjustment if I never messed with it? I mean I took my whole carburetor off to clean it and when I put it back on, it started to over rep to the point my exhaust was cherry red. Just don’t understand why when I re attached my linkage it wouldn’t be like it was before without having to re do it.
Awesome video of the mechanical governor. I had to order a new linkage rod/spring for a repair. I know where the rod ends go but where the heck do the tiny wire ends from the spring go? Can someone help me?
Usually there are very small holes near each end of the rod where it attaches to the carburetor and the governor arm. At least on mine anyways. It doesn’t help they make so many styles of the linkages to the governor arms.
