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cst parts of an engine, and you are not to 

 lose any sleep about it, so tx am ready to 



part of your \\ 



your engine runs irregularly, that is if it runs up to 



urn you want, and then runs down, you 



are likely to say at once, "Oh, I know what the trouble 



lie governor. , suppose it is, what art- 



going to do about it, are you going to shut down at once 

 and go to tinkering with :t don't do that; stay 



dose to the throttle valve and watch the governor closely. 

 ) your eye on the governor stem, and when the engine 

 : s off on one of its high speed tilts you will sec the 

 MI through the stuffing box and then stop 

 and stick in one place rntil the engine slows down below 

 its regular speed, and it then lets loose and goes up 

 quickly and your engine lopes off again. You have now 

 cd the trouble. It is very likely in the stuffing box 

 around the little brass rod or governor stem. The pack- 

 doubtless become dry, and by loosening it up and 

 ving oil you may remedy the trouble until such time 

 as you can repack it with fresh packing. Candle wick is 

 as good for this purpose as anything you can use. 



But if the governor docs not act as 1 Ascribed 



the stem seems to be perfectly free and easy in the 



the governor still acts queerly. starting off and 



running fast for a few seconds, and then suddenly coo- 



