[SEL] Lots of fun at Buckley

[Elden]

Alan:

The spring sounds like a good suspect.  The throttle linkage may
have something loose and is slowly winding down, too.

Take care - Elden
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> Behalf Of Alan
> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 9:41 PM
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> Subject: [SEL] Lots of fun at Buckley
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>
> Howdy Folks,
>  

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>  
> I did have something strange going on with my Hercules though.
>  
> Back when I first fired up the 1 3/4 HP Hercules that
> I had at the show it was barn fresh and it was running
> very aggressively. I then changed the governor spring
> and I checked the RPM and it was running at 500 RPM
> but in a much calmer manner.
> This was around ten years ago.
>  
> When I first checked at the show this week it was
> running at 400 RPM
> By Saturday late afternoon I noticed the engine had
> slowed down.
> Instead of 400 when it hit then slowing to 375 before
> it hit again I found it was now peaking at 350 when it
> hit and slowing to 300 before it hit again.
>  
> It is my belief that the spring I put in the governor
> is breaking up.
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