I have an old snapper comet with an 8 HP briggs. It was in pretty rough shape when I got it but it was cheap. On the single body carb there is a spring that is attached to the throttle linkage(the linkage actually goes inside the spring) This spring was never connected to anything when I bought it. Can anybody tell me where to connect it to. Also if you have any advise on tuning this bad boy up I'm all ears Thanks
If i had to guess i would say that this spring connects to the governer. Assuming it has a governer that is inside of the crankcase, there should be an arm protruding from the side of the crankcase.
Jsohn is correct- one side of the spring connects to the throttle plate ( where the link attaches to on the carb) - the other side hooks to the governer arm ( under the throttle cage) - basically its just to keep the motor from surging when idling - keeps a slight bit of tension on it to idle smooth.
So it connects to the same place the linkage attaches on both ends? That seems like it wouldn't do anything. I must not be understanding it right. I'll try to attach a picture so I can try to understand. I work better with pictures anyway.
Yepper - i cant see how it works either , but if theres a lil slop where the links are- the spring makes up for it - some of my tractors dont have one and work fine.
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