Hope this helps,  &quot;Turn the governor to carburetor rod in or out of the rod end until the rod is 1/16 inch forward of the hole at the top of the governor operating lever when the carburetor throttle is in the wide open position.&quot;   (quote from page 3-4 item #5 of owners manual)
  If you make a link that will meet this it should work for you, If memory serves me right, ( and it doesn't always) the link would be around 13 inches.        Murray