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Question about a stubborn governor on a 1980s Dover
An old-timer at a supply house in Cleveland told me to check the pawl spring tension with a feeler gauge set to 0.015 inches, not just by hand. I thought that was overkill, but it solved a persistent tripping issue that had me stumped for a week. Has anyone else found a specific measurement that fixed a weird intermittent fault?
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seth_wells492mo ago
Ever notice how the right tool beats a guess every time? Eva_owens is right about the old guys, because that feeler gauge trick shows a specific number just cuts through the guesswork. It's like finding the one loose bolt in a whole machine.
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karent752mo ago
My uncle swore by a 0.010 shim on a Ford tractor governor in '92. Seth_wells49 is right, sometimes the fix is just a number you'd never guess.
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