HOW TO ADJUST THE SPEED GOVERNOR on your SNOWBLOWER. This video is for the TECUMSEH ENGINE. **Ideal RPMS for this engine at full throttle is 3500-3600**
I wanted to thank you. Came back from a mechanic and I needed more throttle. My snow would throw 5 feet and engine would die out and needed multiple manual restarts. Turned in throttle mechanism screw one turn. Snow throws 12 feet, not once did it stall, more than enough power. You made cleaning out from snow a pleasure. Thanks for also teaching me a lot about carb adjustments and throttle and governor adjustments. It was a mystery art before you explained it, now it's science. Real cool. I subscribed.
thank you. because of your videos i could save my old yard man. my service station wasnt able to do the job properly but because of you i could do it myself. they told me the price for the hours of the mecanics were too expensive an it would be better to buy a new one. i mean they were right, it was a lot of work, but i have time (but no money ;)) and thanks too you i could fix all problems by myself. Greetings from Austria
After changing the oil seal I was a bit confused how the governor linkage should be correctly connected , your video help to clear it out. thank you for posting.
Thank you! I took my carb. apart to clean it and put the linkages in the wrong place. I also had the governor out of adjustment. Thank you for taking the time to do these videos. We just got about 18 inches of snow and I really wasn't looking forward to shoveling.
Fantastic ! Your videos are so clear and easy to follow. I am a mechanical novice but I have found instructions to bring my snowblower back from disrepair. Thank you!
Just want to say thank you Donyboy73 for sharing all your engine know-how! You have single hand-idly saved me from having to shovel myself out of this Nor'easter. My snow-blower is running great because of you! Thank you. Thank You. Thank You!!!!!
I am rather savvy with small engines because i am a tinkerer and a RC nitro tunnel hall boat racer. Some of the time there is a learning curve (BOOM) just once. With all the snow we have had here in ohio a snow blower is a must. I given the task to fix all of my fathers equipment that had been neglected for a few or 8 years. To save my back no curve allowed. Brother you rock, Awesome video. The beast is back, she is running like a champ kicking A and throwing snow. Thanks!
my next project is a craftsman 31cc weed wacker that sat for 3 years while i was away.when i pulled the plug i can see the varnishing inside. it used to run excellent better than others of the same cc now i can barely keep it started. do I want to do a complete tare down of the engine and walbro carb so it will run like new again. but i have never torn one down that far.maybe do some polishing (IE) performance mods, any advice? or videos? I can take a 3.5cc k&B pro outboard nitro rc motor and run it at 60 on the water. I just really cant afford the learning curve any more. I dont have the money i used to lol. Thanks again. oh when i was done with the mtd blower i did a whole city block so the kids didn't have to walk in the street. I had to play with it lol.
I must thank you for your very informative videos. I purchased a year old 8 ½ HP Yard Works for my father two years ago but didn’t really check it out. This year I noticed the snow blower was over revving and shaking its self to pieces. With advice from my brother in-law to check your videos, I was able to get the snow blower running correctly. Thank you again. Now I have a new reference for all of my small engines.
Two things need to be addressed in this video. 1. What is the down position for the throttle? Off of idle? 2. You mention where the governor arm should be when tightening the screw but you do not indicate where the piece the governor arm connects to should be? That piece coming out of the engine block moves about 15 degrees in either direction and has a major impact on if this works or not. Thanks for all your videos!
awesome videos. I just got a Jacobson Homelite 824 with a Tecumseh 8HP engine for free that "didn't work." Cleaned the Carburetor, changed the belts, changed the fuel line and spark plug and it runs greats. The carburetor linkage and screw adjustment videos were extremely helpful. Thanks for the good info.
Thanks for the video ! A few years ago I had my snow blower serviced and it just seemed like it never ran well. The small engine repair man said he worked on it for a while and got it as best he could. This company has been in business for 30 + years and yet they still didn't make it run right. It always seemed to idle slow. I just followed your tip on adjusting the screw on the throttle lever and it ran perfectly!
I know this is a very old video, but the info is still so useful on all our old Craftsman machines with Tecumseh Snow King engines. Thanks from the future! 😉
My snow blower was running like crap so I had a friend take the carb off and take it to a friend of his and the guy took it all apart and cleaned it good. After putting it back on the snow blower the engine would race. Well my friend got sick so he hasn't been able to fix it. I found your video and now it runs like a charm! I just have to adjust the high throttle screw at the throttle handle to let the rpms come up just a little bit more. Thanks!
Donyboy73: Just wanted to thank your for your excellent videos. When I started my Ariens Snow Blower this morning it was racing like crazy. NO idea why this would have occurred. I have never done anything to the carb, and it was running fine yesterday. Followed you instructions and was able to fix the problem by adjusting the governor arm. Motor ran great after that, but the unit would only throw snow a few feet and got bogged down in high drifts. Went back to RU-vid and found your video on adjusting and replacing the V belt. Thanks to your excellent video the hardest part was finding the right belt. - I did find a cotter pin puller to be very useful in getting the belt aligned on the wheel. Very grateful for your help.
This seems to come up a lot on here a lot and i just want to clarify it. It does not matter if you buy the lowest quality gas or the highest for your small engine. The most important factor is the age of the fuel. every time you use your snow blower, shut the fuel line off and run it until it dies. Gas these days after a few weeks will gum up and the ethanol will draw water in as well.
I just want to say Thank You. My 8.5HP Tecumseh engine was revving realy high. Thanks to your video I was able to adjust the govenor, now its running like it should. Once again Thank You.
You are my savior. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Now I have a snowblower that doesn't rev like crazy and keep moving speed around and the idle now works. I might neeed a deep clean though because I was only able to adjust it with choke adjusted at notch 2, 1 being close and 4 fully opened.
Thank you so much for you kindness, your altruism and your good explanations. You save me a lot of time, you give me the opportunity to learn how to do it instead of being totally dependent of a service, in a place with a shortage of mechanic technicians and where the service is so expensive and slow. You save me too hundreds of dollars and I'll be more safe as a winter storm is ahead. Thank you so much you're a great man !
i'm happy you got this video in here, i just bought a blower and rebuilt the carburator. my trottle dint work at all. i tryed everything and seem to me that my throttle linkage was not right. i have seen your video and it confirmed my problem, the guy intaled the linkage upside down so the rod is going under the gas pipe instead of on top haha. thanks for the video it helped me alot
Yesterday I replaced the carb, (didn't touch the governor, control arm), adjusted idle screw and carb adjuster at bottom of bowl but still way over revs. Will look at governor arm and throttle spring next. Of course the machine is 21 years old and don'e own me a dime. Thanks for the direction!
Super helpful! Thanks for taking the time to put this video together. I'd replaced the carb and had to remove the governor arm. Now I know what i have to do to reduce the full throttle RPM.
Thanks! My first attempt at small engine repair and this, plus another video of yours was all needed to solve the problem. Appreciate the work that went into this teaching aid.
Wow ! After unassembling the carb, I just reassemble my snowblower and it has an unstable rpm. I just set the governor screw (try & test) at the "right" place, no thing else change, and now it run so smooth and powerfull. Thanks a lot :).
Thanks for this video -- I had this exact problem after rebuilding the carb on my snow blower -- this saved me a lot of time and agony trying to figure out what I had done :).
Thanks Don! As always, you are my go-to for my small engine issues! As you mentioned, I replaced the carburetor and took off the governor arm for the linkages and didn't re-install it in the correct position. At full throttle I was turning at 4200 RPM!
Hi There - just wanted to thank you for your videos, they have helped me rebuild my carburetor (Carb Kit) and place my linkages in the right spots as well as adjust the carb. Blower is now running like a top!
I got mine running great today. FYI, the length of the longer rod (the one from the governor to the throttle control) is about 6.5 inches and the shorter one (the one from the governor to the carb throttle) is about 4.25 inches. Thanks for the informational video. Also, the position of the rods seems to be important. I had the longer rod in the wrong hole. I used the hole that's in your video.
Thanks for all the info it sure helps to understand how to I am sure you had alot of troule shooting experience great job and thanks again not every one can take a snow blower in for repairs due to low income or time . It's nice how you explain things I would recommend adj. To the original specs. Thanks again
Don, I’m learning new tricks all the time! The Tecumseh carbs seem to be the most challenging or maybe just a bit intimidating compared to briggs or Kohler stuff. I got a Tecumseh carb all cleaned up & running good. Idle speed is a bit too much.
Thank you. That was very useful and helpme have a bit better understanding of the linkages that i solved my reving problem after I put on new carb to old snowblower. I had bent the linkage up during assemble just enough to screw it up. :-) thank you
Donyboy, my confidence in my abilities to work on my own engines has skyrocketed since I started watching your videos. Maybe too much. I'm stuck. New carb (non-adjustable) and some 1/4" internal fuel line had my problem child (Ranch King w/ 8hp Tecumseh) purring like a kitten. Then I tried fine tuning and screwed it all up! Stalls at full throttle. Tried various adjustment on high and low throttle speed screws. Governor hasn't been touched at all. Love your channel!! Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
SPOT ON! This is exactly what my problem was, I had the gov linkage set way to far back from where it should be,m next time ill take pictures and come back to your videos!
Thank you so much for putting together this great video. I had the carb on my Tecumseh 9.5 cleaned and have been battling this high idle issue for about 2 months. After watching your video, I made a few adjustments (mainly the idle control being the culprit) and the machine ran like a champ!
I've adjusted the governor already, yet it still goes to the moon unless I throttle it back down manually. and I already fixed a broken exhaust valve keeper from the excessive rpms when my friend had it. As a Briggs tech , I think its time to open up this Tecumseh and check the governor gear and the arm,unless you have any other ideas sir. Love your videos, they've helped me out quite a bit over the years.
Thanks for the video, I seem to have a high RPM but when in deep snow it does not seem to have enough speed.or enough power. I have a Tecumsch, HSK35,40, HSSK50 snow blower. I did rebuild the cab. and that went well.
Hey Dony [ he is my hero folks ] I am super tired think this video is the answer to my query. Problem: I start one of my snowblowers all is good, I want to idle my machine I move the lever from Rabbit to Turtle With the lever on Turtle, the motor still runs on Rabbit mode Thanks, Dony You are Sooooooooooooooooooo Awesome. -Montreal, Quebec.
@donyboy73 Just to let you know, I bumped up the governor speed by adjusting the small screw on the throttle lever and it has made a huge difference. Someone must have been playing with the screw before I got the machine...
I recently acquired a tachometer for less than $20 and it allows you to get your engine speed correct. Two thrown rods are two too many. Second one went through the block. 😂🤣😂
Very good videos. I have a tecumseh snowblower that starts and runs but it pulses the rpm up and down won't stay at a steady full throttle. Also seems to need some choke left on or it will die.
Thanks for the Video! Bought an old tiller and when I push the throttle lever up and down - it does nothing. Replaced the spring and that didn't help. Any suggestions? Thanks again for all the videos you put on RU-vid!
thanks my 10hp ariens was revving super high and thanks when there was no load on the machine thanks to this video i got my machine running right THANKS Donyboy73
Hi. I have an 8 hp Tecomseh on an MTD 24 in snow blower. I could hear it faintly surging (changing engine speed ) for a long time. this storm it got much worse. The surging was changing the RPM's much more then it died after I did half the drive way. I took off the heat shield thinking the carb needed adjust only to find it is not adjustable. I changed the spark plug. I cleaned both jets although they did not look dirty. Carb cleaner is blowing freely through the holes. I cleaned out the float chamber although that was not dirty either. It starts fine, sound s good for the first maybe, 2 min then it starts reving up and down and I can see the speed governor moving back and forth, then it starts to run worse and worse and in about a minute it dies as if I had shut it off. When I had the float bowl off I noticed holding the float up made fuel run out of the fuel hose (I had blower standing on it's nose) so I don't think it's fuel starvation. The governor arm has never been off the blower. After the first few minutes of not moving, the governor starts moving as I described eventually the engine just stops. Any clue?
Great video. Took my snowblower in for new carb and they didn't put the linkage back in correctly. tried to tell me that's the way it is. Uh...no. Still didn't seem right and now it appears the spring at the throttle lever is missing. Any idea on a part number that. The big spring, not the little one that the adjusting screw runs through.
