loosegravel
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That linkage looks a little sloppy too. Is that normal?
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MEP 831A Governor Control Issue? (video)
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My understanding is that the spherical nut on the bottom of the rod should stay in contact with the black throttle arm.
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Made some progress finally. Yes, adjusting the actuator linkage rod did the trick. It can start now with a few tries, and can step up to full load fine. Each 25% increment I can hear the RPM stepping up a bit. I had to adjust the top bolt out a bit more to get the governor controller, actuator and throttle to line up at full load and steady out. (Good tips from @CallMeColt 's videos).
The actuator linkage rod is extended to almost full length. The idle gap to the magnet is still less than 5/16" - still working on that. One other observation - when stepping down off the load in 25% increments, it's having a problem going from 50% to 25% - it stumbles and shuts down most every time.
Still some tweaking to do, but making good progress.
The actuator linkage rod is extended to almost full length. The idle gap to the magnet is still less than 5/16" - still working on that. One other observation - when stepping down off the load in 25% increments, it's having a problem going from 50% to 25% - it stumbles and shuts down most every time.
Still some tweaking to do, but making good progress.