Re: [MV] MB Governor

From: fv74@altavista.net
Date: Tue Sep 12 2000 - 09:10:09 PDT


Adam

The MB has 4 rpm governors. They are called connecting rods. You drive to fast and they break and you slow down. Seriously, I have never heard of a governor on an MB. I am sure that gensets using MB motors had governors of some type. Maybe this is what the book is talking about.

Dave Fillman
45 MB

 ---- you wrote:
> One of my aftermarket "Military Jeep" books makes reference to a
> governor on the Willys engine in the MB. This was suposted to limit the
> engine RPM's when the GI's were driving it.
> I can't find any reference to a governor in the Military manuals. Anybody
> have any info on this.? Was there a governor for this pourpose? If so,
> electrical or mechanical?
>
> Adam

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