18 hp Kohler 361
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Topic: 18 hp Kohler 361
Posted By: DaveWisc.
Subject: 18 hp Kohler 361
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2024 at 2:59pm
| May need a head for this engine it is a single cylinder overhead valves Kohler anybody gave one |
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Posted By: HudCo
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2024 at 7:19pm
| not many survivers left |
Posted By: DaveWisc.
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2024 at 8:03am
| I have had it for years since 1983 |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2024 at 8:42am
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I have 2 - 16HP Kohlers K341 I have rebuilt only to have problems with later - replaced with HONDA 18 HP engine and works good - only problem was Honda air cooling sucks grass clippings up and plugged air intake = had to put screen under engine to keep intake clean . Might look at Harbor Freight engine in size - put one om my small tiller and works good and cost is affordable . ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
Posted By: 55allis
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2024 at 11:12pm
Are you trying to get rid of the Kohlers? What problem do they have? I haven’t had a lot of problems with Kohlers …. ------------- 1955 AC WD45 diesel with D262 repower, 1949 AC WD45 |
Coke-in-MN wrote:Posted By: DaveWisc.
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2024 at 12:39pm
| The 361 is sometimes a problem |
Posted By: HudCo
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2024 at 7:42pm
| any high hour kohlers with balance gears wont last long if the balance gears and the balance gear shafts bears and shims are not replaced just doing the bore, crank and piston wont cut it |
Posted By: 55allis
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2024 at 7:52am
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I just plain remove them balancers gears, if the engine hadn’t removed them it’s self… I had a k341 and a k241 remove the gears themselves and I had to patch the hole in the block, both run fine now. ------------- 1955 AC WD45 diesel with D262 repower, 1949 AC WD45 |
Posted By: HudCo
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2024 at 7:26pm
| i think thats why the 12 hp kolher last good i just dont think they need all that stuff spinning aroud in their they might make a little more torque like a big flywheel |