[SEL] Hercules tg, idleing

[Glenn A Karch]

JB,

You might contact JAMES SWANK.  He has a nice running 12 HP EK Hercules.
That is the only address that ahows up on his email.

Glenn

Glenn Karch
Haubstadt, IN, USA
Hercules Historian
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Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 7:58 PM
Subject: [SEL] Hercules tg, idleing


> I took the mixer of my 12hp Herc throttle governed this weekend, it was
overspeeding, over 300 with the throttle shut down. The butterfly looks to
be home made, soldered in. It didn't fit very closed when shut so I worked
on it a while and got it to shut fairly tight. I put it together and it ran
about 325 on the governor, when throttled down it would die. I took it down
and when the throttle was closed it blocked the fuel tube. I drilled a small
hole where the tube met the butterfly, I can now slow it down to about 200
rpm s in the slow position. Still a lot faster than I would like, I'll have
to work on it some more. What kind of speeds can I expect from an engine
like this?
> J.B. Castagnos
> Belle Rose, LA
>
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