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Default Used 8HP Briggs & Stratton

mking627 wrote:
Just got this motor. It idles only, can't get it to sustain an
increase of RPM/throttle. I think there must be some springs and
linkage missing therefore not keeping it in time or something. Trying
to find a picture or diagram to check.


Blocked main jet?

strip and clean the carb, or simply get a new one.

Haven;t really looked at mine a lot, but IIRC there is simply a
centrifugal governor that closes the throttle when it over revs..

Take off the air filter and see what's what. They are simple beasts.

Model 194702
TYpe 4015 01
Code 970213YE