I'll have to wait until I get home then, I'm at work now.

TTYL

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Ser. no. is 0241D

Purchased Sep.22, 1990

OK, basically you've shown me the same picture I have in my owners manual, which hasn't helped much.

You're advice jives with what I have ascertained on my own. Thanks for that.

That hole you're referring to, is sort of used and shiny looking, so I've determined that it's probably the one, but that is not the whole problem

The arm from the governor to the slotted dohicky on the south end of the throttle contol arm (with the red plastic handle), does it go over or under the engine intake? It sort of flopped down underneath, and I can rotate it back up but I'm not sure if that is correct or not. I think it should be above it.

Can't find a picture anywhere.

Best view I've had so far is of someone showing how an Arien snowblower linkage works on Youtube, and that was just a fleeting view, since the camera work was not so great.

I even tried to look at some new units to compare but they all have their carb covers on, so you can't see anything. (Should have taken some pictures first I guess, too soon old, too late smart)

When I connect everything, and move the throttle arm up and down, there isn't much movement, if any at the carb end of things.

Kind of looks to me like if it starts it's going to be stuck on wide open, since the little spring on the carb doesn't seem capable of returning both the governor and the carb back to where it looks like they should be. On that point, I don't see what purpose the large spring on the back of the the slotted dohickey is for, it doesn't seem to actually do anything.

I may be confused on this point, help me out here.

I guess what i need is a drawing showing the governor and carb arms connected properly. No luck so far.

I'll give it a shot.

Pictures are worth...

Hi Kyle,

Looks like you nailed it, but it's not working like it should.

The throttle doesn't return to idle when you drop the lever, it just sits there unless the engine vibrations shake itr loose. It's binding or the spring isn't doing it's job or something. The lever will set the throttle to full speed but it does nothing when lowered.

Still roars away.

I've lubed it with WD40, lithium grease, silicone lube, nothing helps, worked it back and forth about a million times.

Worse comes to worse Iguess I could jury rig a piece of wire that sticks up out of the carb cover to make it move, but that isn't doing the job properly.

I'm thinking you've more than earned the small ampunt I'm paying for you expertise and I'm going pull the trigger anyway, but if you've any hints before I go, I'd welcome them of course. Merry Christmas

Carb's still leaking too, but that's another issue, nothing to do with my question to you.

I suspect it's the shut off needle seat is shot, becaues the needle is new, the spring is pointing the right way, and the bowl and gasket are new.

Think I'll just order a new carb.

Hi Kyle,

Going to hit the Accept button now.

FYI:

I removed the carb again, removed the bowl, popped out the needle seat (it was in the right way), checked it over, pushed it back in with the correct size drill bit (reversed), reassembled the float and needle, (spring pointing toward choke), leveled the float, smeared 5-30 synthetic oil on the rubber gasket, (to help it seal a little better), carefully put the bowl back on, making sure the gasket was tucked in all the way around evenly, snugged it up with a 7/16", put everything back together (couldn't find a fibre washer for the bottom of the float any, so I use a steel one that fit well).

Leaked a bit after reassembly, snugged it up gently, til just past where it quit leaking, gave one poke to the primer button, one pull on the starter and away she went, runs good.

Don't know if it's something I did with all the various lubricants or not but the governor linkage is not binding anymore.

Anyway, thanks a lot for your help, much appreciated.

Looks like I'll get at least another winter out of it.

Going to change the oil and grease the auger shaft, adjust the cables, etc. tomorrow.