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Old 06-18-2010, 10:21 PM
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Default govenor arm adj? pumping tweeking

ok so i have looked and looked, i have my stock plate grounded to a 0 and its slid all the way forward, im going to get into the pump tommrrow to fine tune the afc, what i cant find is how to adj the govneor arm and where exactly its suppose to hit the plate, can anyone explain it simply to me or direct me to a post about it?
 
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Old 06-18-2010, 11:23 PM
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if your running a 0 FF you want he gov arm all the way up. This way it will ride on the AFC all the way till it bottoms out.
 
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Old 06-18-2010, 11:39 PM
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"all the way up" like at the top of the fuel plate where its flange to bolt to the pump?
 
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Old 06-19-2010, 12:09 AM
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as in as high as you can take the arm, I have my adjustment screw sitting in a box.
 
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Old 06-19-2010, 01:19 AM
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wait.. u took urs out? maybe im not understanding how that adjustment works
 
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Old 06-19-2010, 08:07 AM
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yep I took mine out
 
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Old 06-19-2010, 08:11 AM
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that just brings the arm as high as it'll go, this is for some1 thats running no plate.. im still using the aneroid arm, is it gonna catch on it if i took it out?
 
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Old 06-19-2010, 08:17 AM
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its not gonna catch on anything, it would simply start the arm out higher.

If your runng a plate than the arm should contact the bottom of the plate.
 
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Old 06-19-2010, 09:12 AM
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sweet thats for the info, gonna go tinker with it in a few mins
 



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