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throttle runaway help!

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Old 01-11-2007, 06:08 PM
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throttle runaway help!

my truck idles fine ,drives fine, but if i dry rev it it to say only 2000 rpm's it comes back down to idle real slow. and if i rev it to say 2500 it will come down to 2000 and stay there till I kill it.

now the guy i bought it from put a washser shim in the govenor, would that do it or I just put a #4 plate in and slid it all the way forward could that have issues since I didn't adjust the arm?
Old 01-11-2007, 06:21 PM
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Sounds like the rack in sticking try moving the plate back a little.
Old 01-11-2007, 06:39 PM
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sounds like a washer in the governor spring stack... take it out!
Old 01-11-2007, 09:59 PM
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did you by any chance lose the return springs on the throttle cable? They should be attached to a bracket and the other end to the piece the trottle cable connects to.
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Is the lever sticking under the fuel plate?
Old 01-12-2007, 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Forrest Nearing
sounds like a washer in the governor spring stack... take it out!
I will 2nd that

Eric
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