stryped wrote:



I looked at the plastic gear before assemply and it looked intact. Is
there a way to tell if it is internal or external or even the govener
at all without taking it apart?
That paddle wheel thing is probably the oil splasher,
and not part of the governor. (Although I have seen
engines that incorporated that into the governor mechanism.
A typical governor can be either air-operated off the
flywheel fan, or a form of the ancient flyball governor,
ie. a centrifugal weight often driven off the camshaft.

Jon