Briggs and Stratton Governor set up and adjustment

As requested by Jesse, here is another how to video. This one is on how to properly set your governor, springs and throttle cable on our beloved old Cast Iron Briggs engines.

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• Briggs
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• stratton
• cast
• iron
• small
• engine
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• mustang
• throttle
• maintenance

[bulletman100]

Hi, I have a Briggs Model 23, 9 hp from circa 1957... looks exactly like this gov. setup.. Mine has only one spring on the governor, as does my spare engine. My motor revs up and down like the gov. is over-correcting both ways. Do I need to set up 2 springs like this one in your video? Mine is on an old Power king tractor and it runs ok but the governor is not steady. Thanks!

[ZippoVarga]

@bulletman100 I would look into correcting it with a "counter" spring or "helper" spring as they are referred as. Best of luck with the fine tuning. Takes a little time to get them just right, but once they're in adjustment, you'll reap the rewards of good governor performance. Cheers!!

[bmxizmylife]

I got a briggs and stratton 5 hp when i go to start it i start with choke out and then it starts and i close the choke but it then sounds like it gose full trottle and dies what could be wrong

[ZippoVarga]

@bmxizmylife Hmm...It could be a number of things with these suction carbs with the tanks mounted under them. Check that the throttle isn't stuck or that the governor vein under the blower housing isn't sticking and holding the throttle open. A video of a start up would help me to help you. Cheers!

[tractorman604]

Zippo,How can anyone not like this video.You'll never know how much your video's help me out.Thank's so much!

[ZippoVarga]

@tractorman604 Some people think I'm long winded and overkill my videos. That's ok with me and if they don't like it, I'm glad they say so. It lets me know where I might need to adjust how I present my videos. Thank YOU for being a fan of my videos!!

[MrPalvis]

dude check my video and tell me how my governor supposed to look or work and where i can find the numbers on this thing, i know theres a tag but there should be numbers on the block somewhere, i need all the info i can get on this thing, any would be great, thanks

[ZippoVarga]

@gooch3636 It's why I do them gooch! Thanks!!

[ZippoVarga]

@januaryman169 Thank you!

[ZippoVarga]

@BUDMAN605 All the principles are the same in setting up any Briggs governor. If your engine is not oriented as a horizontal, just imagine this engine laying on its side in the same direction as your engine and set the governor the same.