This is the full version of the Kohler K301 Restoration series, grab some popcorn. If you have seen the series already you can give this one a skip. Link to my socials and tools I use in the link below. linktr.ee/ajrestorations
Sand blasting! Powder coating! Carb rebuild! Fuel pump diaphragm rejuvenated! Amazing editing! You made my day Sir! Thank you for all your hard work and creating these great works.
Worked on K series for a long time. Biggest NO NO is touching the oil dipper. When you take the pan off, make sure piston is at TDC. This protects the dipper. Pounding on the dipper Starts stress fractures on the dipper where it meets the rod. What happens is the rotation of the crank causes side load on the dipper. As time goes by the stress on the dipper causes it to eventually break off and the engine locks up from oil starvation. This may happen in 1 hour to 300 hours. It's a ticking timebomb waiting to implode.
You need another motor to play with? I have a complete super old one out of a 1900's barn that you have to wrap a rope around the pulley to start. Pre enclosed spring return pull start.
I would've liked seeing the item on the camshaft. Was it a compression release? Or is that the governor? My 1973 K-301 has lots of hours on it and it's got too much compression for the "starter/generator" to turn it over until l choke it enough to flood it. Then it will roll over and start right up. Admittedly the starter part of the starter/ generator is probly weak, even though l took it to an old school generator shop to have it rebuilt, and my battery is just the garden tractor 250 CCA tiny battery, and l use straight 30W oil due to a fair amount of blow-by. Adding it all up though makes me wonder if it should hav a comp release of somekind. It's in a 1973 IH Cub Kadet 129 Hydrostatic drive lawn tractor that l bought used so there's no way of knowing how it was run befor, buy for the last 25 years or so, it's been mowing an acre, rototillimg a 50' X 100' garden and although l have a 3' snow blower for it I've never used it. (but l want to) Everything's old old old so l have closed the point gap way down to about 0.005" to back the spark timing up a little and l never run it fast. I'm not in a hurry at 72, I'd rather it go the distance for me. When I'm worm food somebody else can work it over from stem to gudgeon, and put it in a parade, but l just want to use it. It's gonna need mower deck spindle bearings, they're getting loud and they tax the engine a little more than l remember from a long time ago. OK, I'm done. Thanks for walking right thru it, l knew what would be involved but was special to see it. I go by Moparbens on Yahoo's email service if someone would care to chat. Thanks again for the fine vid. I subbed and thumbed. Moparbens/ michigan
