Cranked Down Gov Springs???

Cranked Down Gov Springs???

02-14-2006, 05:05 PM

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biggy238

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Cranked Down Gov Springs???

I started a truck yesterday on a local lot.. 1997 5 speed manual.. Single cab 4X4.

I thought it should have been a 215 pump.. I didn't look under the hood because of the snow.

Anyway. After it warmed up... I tached it.. My brother had driven it the week before. He told me it would Tach to 3400rpm but didn't have any power.

I free-wheeled it to 3400 with the trans in nuetral, but what caught my attention.. When you let off the throttle the motor shuts off until it drops atleast 500rpm, and then fuels itsel again and idles.. I did this atleast 10 times at different RPMs just to confirm what it was doing.

I didn't drive it because of the weather, but I wanted to ask what it would act like if someone had just cranked down the stock governor springs.

Does that sound likely??

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