Posted by MarsEnthusiast on September 14, 2021 at 22:10:50 from (173.248.13.240):
So, I have a m20 lahman little dipper, with a k532 kohler. the engine does run, I got it running after siting for 30 years(early 90s). I put a aftermarket carb on(Still hve original), new points condesner, wires (all three of those twice.... coil melted and killed all them and I had to redo..). It has a new coil :) which was a fun situation. I know I have a fuel pump carburetor instead of one designed for gravity feed, which to my understanding there is a slight difference but it could be critical in my situation with 3-4 gallons sitting directly above the engine in a narrow, tall tank. maybe too much gas pushes past?
Has a new starter, the rubber over the carb and the points exposed arent how i was running it, the points have a cover and the rubber hose was to keep the carb from stuff falling in. i do need a hose solution for that, but anyway. The skidsteer also had the first battery I put on it start to boil, but that was the batterys fault not the machine. That shortly was followed by the coil melting and killing the other components.
The situation now, is I havent been able to use it for a while. The thing DRINKS oil in that its quite literally functioning as a 2 stroke. Quart per 30 minutes, really bogged running, and it gets hot. I think one of the head gaskets has a leak because oil will blow all over the engine bay and engine and it appears to to be spitting onto the frame and just kinda splashing back over it, which you can also feel hot puffs in the back, away from the exhaust
I DO own a 22hp predator horizontal shaft engine, and prelimainary measurements and resesearch shows it should fit on my frame with the only difficult parts being making exhaust pieces to run the exhaust out the back away from me and gas tank, because it will sit closer to the center of the machine than the k series(Unless u joint type shaft..?) and it also weighs a lot less, which could be problematic for balance or soemthing.. unless I suplement, idk. But the only other part would be the shaft coupled to the hydraulic pump, its a different diameter than the k series (1 inch instead of whatever the engine now has) and I dont know anything about coupling shafts or engine outputs. The only other for seeable issue is shimming the engine to the right height so the shaft is lined up.
That engine is still in the box, I bought it a long time ago because I didnt know as much about engines especially what to do for the one I have. I am debating pulling the k series, hoisting it onto a small trailer, taking the pressure washer to it , its got so much grime, orange paint... dirt... ugh.., after that, pulling the heads, cleaning up carbon, putting new gaskets on. verify the valves are moving proper, setting them, fix any leaky gasket, maybe flush it a bit with something(the old oil sat there for 30 years, dirty, sludgy, sitting), and checking the timing. I dont know if its been messed with at all. Then maybe rebuild the original carburetor with a gravity feed kit. And use solid core wire for the plug wires. The ones I have are from napa for a car, so resistance wires. i heard that makes a difference.
But I dont want to do all that if its either too expensive, too much involved, or may not be worthwhile.
also bare with me, i am 23 year old girl who has not had anyone to teach me things, and i have to do all the learning on my own and things forgotten by time are interesting to me but I lack the everyday/working knowledge for things like this. Im prob the only person my age in this half of wisconsin that knows what points are, has replaced them, has set them, and then had the fortune of doing it again when they were toasted LOL. I even bought kohler points...
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