Hi Grumpy, have a photo, its not the best, with the air filter inner shell and air hose attached. There is about 1" of space between governor arm/linkage and airfilter casing and about 3/4" space between motor and governorarm/ linkage. Have done some thourough looking around all parts that are near governor arm/linkage but there is nothing close enough for it to rub on or for something to rub on it. Have even double ckecked the governor setting but no problems there. In my second photo, above, having no hose or airfilter attached is the only time it will run without stuffing around, as soon as i attach the hose, with or without airfilter, it will stuff around. Will take top off tomorrow when i get another 5 mins and get some more photos.
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