Erratic idle

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Posted by JNewsom on May 08, 2008 at 00:38:50 [URL] [DELETE] :

My 8N will start fine but when idling, the engine will surge and then go back and forth from high speed to low speed. I have it throttled down but still runs fast. I put on a new carb and have it adjusted per the book. When I open the throttle to the mid-range the engine revs up well past the speed it should run at.
I think the govenor is not working correctly but don't want to take it apart without some advise from this board. I found the previous owner had attached the throttle lever and the govenor lever backwards. I correct this and it ran better but still has this problem
Please help!


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