Thanks Bigted, this is not the motor in question, this one seems to run as it should I was wondering what the purpose of the spring was as it only has tension when the choke is on,maybe to hold the governor out when starting.The motor I am trying to help a mate with is a long way away and I had a look at it on Thursday, it was taken to some mower shop in Hamilton and came back just the same as it went in (but $800 later), somebody had put a very heavy spring in place of the horizontal spring and this prevented the governor arm from moving, so I assume as you say the governor is mow cactus and this motor has not done a lot of work, it is in a Greenfield that is 4 or 5 years old. From memory there is no resistance, the governor arm does not attempt to want to move forward. Any idea what is involved with an engine strip to repair the governor?
