Hi gang. I have to rebuild or have rebuilt my carb off a 54 F750. Its the fire truck. My question is this. Shoud I rebuild with the governor or get another carb without the gov. There are lines that run to the pump control side, and controled with a brake cyl like contraption.

I dont know weather I will ever have the pump working or not, dont know how to go here.

Can the truck run without a gov. Would it cause a problem?
Its a two bbl, tea pot as seen in the ford manual

Thanks

Jim G 1098

 

The only real purpose of the governor is to keep the engine below a max rpm limit. Sometimes the governor had a provision for a remote speed control for applications like pumpers. Is your governor built into the carburetor, or is it a velocity governor sandwiched between the carb and manifold? If it is built into the carburetor you could replace the governed carburetor with a "normal" carburetor that is appropriate for your application. You may need to make some plumbing changes, but the truck will run. You will have to watch that you do not overspeed the engine, and you will not have remote throttle control without the governor.

 

3414 is absolutely correct. The governor is only to keep the engine below a certain RPM. If you have a tach gauge and you don't overspeed the engine, no problem.

You could get an electronic RPM limiter, or a MSD 6AL with the limiter built in, and convert to a full electronic ignition. Or not, if you want to keep it original

 

I would just remove plumbing to the pump and plump back to the distrubutor, you can
use rubber hose, or just take the existing lines off and run it that way. It will run just
fine without lines to the carb. You must not plug the openings on the carb (Gov) or
it will just idle. Thats how it works

 

Thanks all for the response

My Carb has a line to the dist alredy. The Gov is side mounted to the carb. There is a brake line type of controlor for remote control fron the pump panel. You would turn the crank, it would activate a master cylinder type resevoir and move the part in the gov. What I,m not sure of is the two other lines from the gov to the pump. What could they be for.

Anyway, if I put another carb on it, what should I be looking for and where to get them

thanks

Jim G 1098