Governor without throttle plate.

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Governor without throttle plate.

Post by fernando mendes » Thu Aug 24, 2017 11:17 am

What can occur when we have a governor without the throttle plate?I missed mine.
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Re: Governor without throttle plate.

Post by kw573 » Thu Aug 24, 2017 12:52 pm

It means the governor will not be effective, the engine can be reved faster, maybe even beyond the safe limits for that engine.
I suspect that the governor settings of WW2 US trucks were set artificially low, therefore, a truck with governor disabled could still be operated at somewhat higher revs by a careful driver without problems.
But, I have heard that on some engines, even a few hundred RPM over recommended has dramatically reduced engine life.
My 2 cents.

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Re: Governor without throttle plate.

Post by fernando mendes » Thu Aug 24, 2017 2:09 pm

kw573 wrote:
Thu Aug 24, 2017 12:52 pm
It means the governor will not be effective, the engine can be reved faster, maybe even beyond the safe limits for that engine.
I suspect that the governor settings of WW2 US trucks were set artificially low, therefore, a truck with governor disabled could still be operated at somewhat higher revs by a careful driver without problems.
But, I have heard that on some engines, even a few hundred RPM over recommended has dramatically reduced engine life.
My 2 cents.

Sam.
Thanks for your input Sam.
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Re: Governor without throttle plate.

Post by Dr Deuce » Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:36 am

I run mine w/o the gov plate. 60,000 on one with no problems.

What you need to do is listen to the engine and spedo for a bit till you can tell the rpms by the sound. It is not hard.
The data plate will tell you the max speed in any gear, use that sound.
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