i think it is on top of my carburetor? 6.25 hp briggs&stratton engine it also has a turtle and a rabbit on the handle bar switch what is that?
2007-10-04 14:23:30 · 7 answers · asked by David 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Usually on a Briggsy the gov. is under the flywheel.
The turtal and rabbit MAY be throttle control or may be for the mower (self propelled) speed if it is a self proppeled model.
2007-10-04 14:28:11 · answer #1 · answered by Baron_von_Party 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes your lawnmower has a governor, It is ether a wind vain on top of the engine, or one that is driven off the cam. The wind vain has air blowing on one side by fins on the flywheel, a wire rod runs from the vain to the carburetor, as the engine is bogging down under load, a spring pulls the throttle arm given it more gas to speed it up and maintain R.P.M. The cam driven one has weights that work in and out on a shaft that is gear driven, pushing on a shaft coming out the side of the block. The shaft has an arm attached and a wire rod going to the carburetor, as the engine loads the weights drop down putting pressure on the shaft coming out the side of the block. The arm attached to this arm has a return spring attached. The turtle on the handle means slow or idle. the rabbit means fast.
2007-10-04 14:53:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Briggs has a governer, but it's inside the crank case. When you hit a tough spot of grass, the governer opens the throttle more so that you don't loose rpm. When you get out of the tough grass, the throttle closes back to it's origional position.
The turtle and rabbit is the "gas pedal" for your lawn mower. Move it towards the rabbit to speed up the engine, move it towards the turtle to slow the engine down. That is assuming that it is hooked up correctly.
2007-10-04 14:33:41 · answer #3 · answered by sdenison1983 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rabbit opens the throttle fully until the flywheel blower fins exert enough air pressure on the governor flap wing which reduces the rpm of the motor. As the motor senses load the rpm decreases and the wind flap pulling the govenour increasing the throttle opening.
The turtle indicates that the throttle cable is only partially opening the throttle butterfly valve inside the carbuerator.
2007-10-04 15:50:09 · answer #4 · answered by Country Boy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the throttle is marked with the rabbit and turtle . and yes your mower is governed by a vain the is attached to the carb to keep it from over reving and blowing up.
2007-10-04 14:40:56 · answer #5 · answered by thumper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all Briggs engines have a built in governor ,none of them wont go really fast in reverse though,their geared not to go fast,the governor works both ways though on these,good luck with it.
2007-10-04 14:49:55 · answer #6 · answered by dodge man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...its got a governor for a reason...my bro removed his..20 mins later it was sized
2016-05-21 02:36:55 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋