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Re: rpm governer settings tecumseh 10 hp
#1   Feb 9, 2005 3:36 pm
Richie,

Thanks for the engine speeds.  I now have to borrow a tach and see if mine is in that range.  Your thoughts on torque vrs horsepower sound right for this type of application.  As I understand it, hp is necessary for acceleration, or the ability to increase speed.  Torque measures the ability of an engine to maintain a set speed given an increasing load.  That is why diesel engines (high torque - low hp) can haul heavy loads (up hill) with out losing much speed but are very slow in accelerating to a given speed.  The snowblower engines are also meant to run at a fairly constant speed regardless of the load  placed upon it.  (At least that's my understanding of it all.)

Goldrush,

I'll have to pull the shield off to see but I seem to remember the governer adjustment mechanism is just a spring-loaded phillips screw.  I think I can raise the rpm by turning it in (CW) and lower it by turning it out (CCW).  I now need a tachometer to measure the rpms.  Do you have any pics/diagrams for your method?

Thanks again, guys.

Brian

rpm governer settings tecumseh 10 hp
#2   Feb 8, 2005 9:46 pm
Hi

I was wondering how or where I could look up the correct engine speed for the governer on a Tecumseh 10 hp snow blower engine.  It is an older Lawnboy ST1032 model (1980's).  I bought it second hand  a number of years ago and it has always had a tendency to rev higher than other snowblower engines that I see.  It really screams like a devil when opened out (but it is still in one piece after over 15 years with me). 

Thanks

Brian

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