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TACO governor

Post by Jim-B » Fri Mar 04, 2022 4:21 pm

I know some of you folks play with Fordson tractors, I have magneto conversion that also accepts a taco governor for my 1925
Fordson tractor. I have restored the governor but I don’t have the gear that goes on the end of the shaft. I was wondering if
Anybody Had a junker governor or even better a gear? Or any idea where a gear could be found short of having one machined.
Thanks Jim

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Re: TACO governor

Post by TRDxB2 » Fri Mar 04, 2022 5:55 pm

Jim-B wrote:
Fri Mar 04, 2022 4:21 pm
I know some of you folks play with Fordson tractors, I have magneto conversion that also accepts a taco governor for my 1925
Fordson tractor. I have restored the governor but I don’t have the gear that goes on the end of the shaft. I was wondering if
Anybody Had a junker governor or even better a gear? Or any idea where a gear could be found short of having one machined.
Thanks Jim
There are also guys that don't mess with Tractors and have a bunch of parts that don't belong to a Model T. Pictures help. I'm not one of them but I do search the WEB. Is that where its at? Picture from eBay, I don't have one.
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Re: TACO governor

Post by Jim-B » Fri Mar 04, 2022 7:25 pm

Yes that is it! It should be a 12 tooth gear where the teeth. Are cut at a fairly sharp angle.

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Re: TACO governor

Post by TRDxB2 » Fri Mar 04, 2022 11:55 pm

Found some more info.
This says it rides on the camshaft. So what is the OD of the shaft the gear goes on?
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Re: TACO governor

Post by Jim-B » Sat Mar 05, 2022 11:04 am

Frank,
To answer your question the governor shaft is 1/2” Soon as I figure out how to post a picture I will and show the setup
Jim

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Re: TACO governor

Post by TRDxB2 » Sat Mar 05, 2022 11:35 am

Jim-B wrote:
Sat Mar 05, 2022 11:04 am
Frank,
To answer your question the governor shaft is 1/2” Soon as I figure out how to post a picture I will and show the setup
Jim
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Re: TACO governor

Post by Jim-B » Sat Mar 05, 2022 1:41 pm

Frank, Here is my attempt to send pictures.
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Re: TACO governor

Post by TRDxB2 » Sat Mar 05, 2022 4:00 pm

Pictures look great. Would help if you had a picture of the gear. I am no expert of gears (less than a beginner), only had to figure once and it took twice. Lots of specifications are involved. However, there are calculators for gears (I believe yours is a 12 tooth helical gear) and have the specifications of the flywheel someone might be able to reverse engineer it. Another solution to consider, I would think any 12 tooth gear that runs off the your Fordson model flywheel should work spec wise (ignoring size & shape) - it also could be used to measure for specs.
Here is a gear, the ID is 7/8", even if it were 1" bore, it may not work because of the other specs. The one that is confuse is that there are 3 diameters to consider.
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