lawnduster
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I have a 70's Crafstman Lawn tractor and am wondering how can make it go faster
Craftsman Mower project
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Gatorboy
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Put a FOR FREE sign on it. It should go real fast.
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lawnduster
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how do I take the governer off of it
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lawnduster
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how do I take the governer off
if you push the throttle butterfly on the top of the carb and see which linkages it moves. disconnect any that arent the cable coming from the hand throttle. OR, set up a new cable going staight to the butterfly to a foot throttle of whatever. This would be better
WARNING, if you revv your engine too much it will blow, this is VERY likely if you revv to 6000, it is very cool when it does blow but gets $$$ fast!
either way, have fun! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Dave, very good, got a chuckle! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
WARNING, if you revv your engine too much it will blow, this is VERY likely if you revv to 6000, it is very cool when it does blow but gets $$$ fast!
either way, have fun! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Dave, very good, got a chuckle! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
slammer
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( how do I take the governer off )</font>
<font color="red">Can anyone say BOOM!!!</font>
<font color="red">Can anyone say BOOM!!!</font>
lawnduster, whats your plan for this tractor, is it gunna be a racer or do you just want it to travel faster transport. Youre looking at some serious damage if you mess up with removing the governor. With my statement about the engine revving to 6000, that was about 10 seconds before it blew up and put the piston through the head, very impressive but it did cost about £400 (race tuned honda kart engine). I mean there may be a less dangerous way depending on what you are planning.
I think Slammer has it summed up.
I think Slammer has it summed up.
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lawnduster
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I got this tractor for free. It already had the deck removed from it and, after some carb work, I finally got it to run. All it needs is a new battery and It will be in gd cond. I want to find some way to make it go faster and just have fun on it, and maybe race it.
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lawnduster
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How much would a "new speedy gearbox" cost
