

| Subject: | Re: Early Engine Governors Figgered Out |
| From: | Jon Christensen |
| Date: | Wed, 6 Sep 1995 06:34:03 -0500 (CDT) |
On Tue, 5 Sep 1995, thom fitzpatrick wrote:
> I dunked two of the engine governors in Chem Dip after taking them
> apart, and cleanep 'em off last night to have a gander.
>
> The units in question are marked 28 1,5 FDR in big letters on the
> cover. This would appear to coincide with the 28 PICT carb. I've
> forgotten who made the g'vnor - their logo is pressed on it. The 1,5
> designation is stamped rather than pressed on the cover, which leads me
> to believe its some sort of "capacity designator" or model #; ie maybe
> there is a 2.0 or 2.5 model, just for argument. The 28 FDR is pressed in
> the cover, looks like part of the pressing itself.
>
Here's a response from a non-subscribing friend of mine:
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To whom and all it may concern:
The 1.5 designation of the governor was the engine size in liters.
These governors were installed on some (not all) buses in
1964-1966. The governor kept the engines from "overrteving" as VW put it.
There was concern at the time that the larger engine would ovewr rev and
blow. Thus, the governor.
I once had about a dozen of these. I would always take them off
bus engines and file them in the trash. If the owner wanted to keep the
vehicle "stock," there is a way to gut them. I also did that.
$75? I'm heading to the landfill in Laramie, WY. I put about 30
of them there!
Steve Carr
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