Beautiful restoration job! Those old engines are tough as pine knots! I have an old Troy-Bilt tiller and it had a Briggs & Stratton 10 horsepower engine on it but my brother made an adapter plate to fit the Kohler and I rebuilt the k181 put it on there and that 10 horsepower Briggs & Stratton engine couldn't hold a candle to the old Kohler! Enjoyed you video, I see this video is 8 years old, so I pray you and your kohler are still running like new, Thanks my friend for sharing!
hello, i was fortunate enough to come across this video series of your cub cadet original restoration project..i see this project is almost a year old now but hope these words reach you..WHAT A BEAUTIFUL JOB!!!..you are a very talented and have a great eye for aesthetics and a craftsman mechanically!!keep up the outstanding work and i'll be looking forward to your next project...thanks again!!!
I had one of these K161's on a log slitter that split 50 cord of wood in two years. Best engine Kohler ever built . I wish I still had that homemade log splitter , but no need for it now. Those were the good old days when your gas and electric bill would come asking for $40.00 to satisfy it. I loved to burn wood.
@CLAYTON MOECHNIG i know your right. However i look for those old oil bath filters at the scrap yard all tge time. I will swap out the filters and put tge oul bath on if possible.
Hello. That is a good question. That pulley was hard to take off! Because the pulley is made from sheet metal and I damaged mine trying to take it off. I had to buy a new one. You will probably need to drill and tap the center of the pulley, and make a special jig to pull it from the center. Be careful not to pull from the outer edge of the sheet metal part of the pulley or it will bend. Good luck!
+jason sosbe It is holding up ok, but the head has discolored a little from the exhaust heat.. I probably would leave the head aluminum if I was going to do it again.
Good job, except you shouldn’t paint EVERYTHING like don’t paint the crankshaft or the spark plug instead cover it, oh wait you wiped it off ok good job
You did an excellent job on the repaint.
Beautiful restoration job!
Those old engines are tough as pine knots!
I have an old Troy-Bilt tiller and it had a Briggs & Stratton 10 horsepower engine on it but my brother made an adapter plate to fit the Kohler and I rebuilt the k181 put it on there and that 10 horsepower Briggs & Stratton engine couldn't hold a candle to the old Kohler!
Enjoyed you video, I see this video is 8 years old, so I pray you and your kohler are still running like new,
Thanks my friend for sharing!
Looks great! I run synthetic oil in all my cubs, seems to help them run cooler
Never use synthetic oil in a non filter engine. Aways 30 W conventional oil .
hello, i was fortunate enough to come across this video series of your cub cadet original restoration project..i see this project is almost a year old now but hope these words reach you..WHAT A BEAUTIFUL JOB!!!..you are a very talented and have a great eye for aesthetics and a craftsman mechanically!!keep up the outstanding work and i'll be looking forward to your next project...thanks again!!!
chuck palumbo Thank you for the kind words! Im glad you enjoyed the series.
I had one of these K161's on a log slitter that split 50 cord of wood in two years. Best engine Kohler ever built . I wish I still had that homemade log splitter , but no need for it now. Those were the good old days when your gas and electric bill would come asking for $40.00 to satisfy it. I loved to burn wood.
Looks great!
dang that turned out nice. i have a 123 myself, gotta get that torn down and refinished. that paint job looked great
Nice work!
looks good all the way around.
Very nice clean work.
Nice paint work, she is gonna be a nice tractor!
Thanks!
Awesome work dude!
Thank you Jster!
The oil bath air filter is one of the reasons those engines lasted as long as they have.
@CLAYTON MOECHNIG i know your right. However i look for those old oil bath filters at the scrap yard all tge time. I will swap out the filters and put tge oul bath on if possible.
do you think a clear coat will help stripping of paint on the carb. thanks. i ask this because im rebuilding my first briggs
I have a 61 cadet in the process of being restored where did you get the decals
Use starting fluid works great. Will not hurt the waring. Be Good.
What type of sand-blaster do you have? Nice ‘O’ too.
Nice trick with the seals. Is that pick an allen key with a sharpened end?
what kind of paint gun did you use to paint with?
nice work too.
what paint did you use, is it close to the original color?
what kind of paint did you use
If I put one of these 7hp kohler on a mini bike how fast would it go
Hey man saw this engine might half to get some pointers i got a early 60s john deere lawn tractor in need of some tlc
I have a 73 or 74 cub cadet 125 which is missing the seat & mower deck. I need to get it going!!!
Where did you get the brushes for the generator?
nice job. I think I should remove my 14 hp now and clean it up and paint it right.
+shartne Thanks!
i bought a few cub cadets that have the K161 engines. I was wondering what coil I should install . Do you have any opinions ?
Hey man how did you get tha back pulley off
Hello. That is a good question. That pulley was hard to take off! Because the pulley is made from sheet metal and I damaged mine trying to take it off. I had to buy a new one. You will probably need to drill and tap the center of the pulley, and make a special jig to pull it from the center. Be careful not to pull from the outer edge of the sheet metal part of the pulley or it will bend. Good luck!
How does this paint hold up to the heat on the cooling fins?
+jason sosbe It is holding up ok, but the head has discolored a little from the exhaust heat.. I probably would leave the head aluminum if I was going to do it again.
Good job, except you shouldn’t paint EVERYTHING like don’t paint the crankshaft or the spark plug instead cover it, oh wait you wiped it off ok good job