Hi
Re: B&S engines on push mowers
While hanging around my old man in the 1950's with his mowers (his trade), I cannot recall any governor springs or "vanes".
Why did B&S introduce the vane/governor adjusted idling ?
It seems this has been a constant problem with the average joe mowing his lawn, bumping into shrubs and tree branches, tinkering with governor springs, etc. Also, it seems that any small bump at the front of a mower could play havoc with the smooth running of the B&S engine.
I recall the old Victas were simply fully manually adjusted by the cable throttle - from stop, through idle to full throttle. No sign of any automatic idling. Once you got used to operating the throttle, you knew where the idling was.
Why was this "manual idling" not continued by B&S ?
Was it worth the change ?
I'm obviously missing something .....[b][/b]
