stryped wrote:


Will disconnecting the govenor on the outside entirely cure the high
idle and if so I can pretty much conclude that the govenor is the
cause?
Sure. First thing is to take over complete control of the carb
throttle, and check that this works OK. If the throttle behaves
normally, then you can even use that to rev the engine and observe
the governor operating against a spring when it senses increasing
RPM.

Jon