So, on this 1600 gas that sized up on me the other day because the governor ran away. I know that bearing at the front of the governor shaft is bad and that's probably what happened. I would have bet the farm that those governors would be pretty much the same on all of the Oliver/Waukesha gas engines. I just went through about ten different models on Agcopartsbooks and found some with the same part number as the 1600, some that aren't. The 770-880, 1600, 1550 and 1650 all came up with the same part number. There's four different listings for a Super 55, one out of the four matches the 1600, the rest are different. 88 and Super 88 were different, Super 66 and 660 was different, which surprised me, I figured they'd be broken down maybe like the Super 55 and have different choices. The one difference I can see is that some have two pieces plus the spool, the other ones have three pieces and the spool. The ones with two pieces, there's a groove in the spool and the bearing runs in that instead of in the third piece (washer) that runs up against the spool.
Does anybody know, will they interchange from say, a 66 or 77 if you use the whole spool with the groove in it and the two piece bearing? Or, is that bearing still available anywhere or are they NOS everywhere? There's a boneyard close to home with a lot of Fleetlines and a Super and three digit here and there where I can probably get one, but I don't want to ask Johnny to take any of them apart if they're not going to interchange.
The part number in the 1600 and the other ones that came up the same, is 156607-A subbed to 156390-AS.
Does anybody know, will they interchange from say, a 66 or 77 if you use the whole spool with the groove in it and the two piece bearing? Or, is that bearing still available anywhere or are they NOS everywhere? There's a boneyard close to home with a lot of Fleetlines and a Super and three digit here and there where I can probably get one, but I don't want to ask Johnny to take any of them apart if they're not going to interchange.
The part number in the 1600 and the other ones that came up the same, is 156607-A subbed to 156390-AS.
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