Thread: Diesels, PTO's and governors

Huh? they are inclusive in all of the above, hold the go pedal to the floor and you'll not it stops revving up any further than a preset RPM, its inbuilt in the pump on these

the idea being for when you're running a PTO and whatever is being driven by the PTO comes under load.....

yes there is a governor, yes its required.

All mechanically injected diesels have a governor usually its a variable min/max limited setup where the position of the accelerator linkage raises the minimum RPM permitted setting.

you can get an external fitted governor similar to the one that was fitted to the petrols but generally with an old school diesel if you load it up and get it to sit at the RPMS you want and then lock the throttle if the pump is in top order then the rpms wont raise as the load comes off.

you could make a diesel without a governor built into the pump but you have merry hell trying to get it to idle or maintain smooth reactions to throttle position changes while lightly loaded.

Originally Posted by Sprint

the idea being for when you're running a PTO and whatever is being driven by the PTO comes under load.....

Everything with a PTO, tractors etc, have their governor speed set at max RPM and that's where the work gets done, on the governor

Originally Posted by rovercare

Everything with a PTO, tractors etc, have their governor speed set at max RPM and that's where the work gets done, on the governor

in this case, it would be a PTO driven generator on a landrover with a PTO speed of 3000RPM required

Originally Posted by Sprint

in this case, it would be a PTO driven generator on a landrover with a PTO speed of 3000RPM required

So you want 3000rpms for 50Hz

I'd just adjust the mechanical governor to accomodate

from memory that would be on the governor in 3rd gear.

please, be gentle, diesels arent my forte!