I started the 1200 yesterday for the first time since last Fall, and proceded to do some mowing... It was way down on power, and acted like my throttle cable had slipped again, but the cable was fine. Eventually it got to a speed a little off idle, and under load it would barely propel itself.
Today I pulled off the air filter housing to check the linkages behind it, etc, and noticed a loose screw behind the govenor arm. Looking at the Kohler service manual is is called a governor stop screw, has a copper washer under it, and is one of the first parts to reassemble in a motor rebuild.
Questions: Would this screw backing out cause the engine speed to drop slowly as it backed out?
Is it possible to just tighten this back up and go on my merry way or is there something internal that it has to hook up to that will require me to pull and dismantle the shortblock??
This is a replacement engine the PO had installed, It seems to be a shaker and is vibrating itself to death.....The Iso mounts I replaced last year... and if I can run it at full throttle the shaking is much less.
Any ideas welcome, I gotta go fix my Murray's belts and finish mowing with it now...
