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    Archive through March 26, 2008

    Brian B. My friend who works in a dealership said they stand them up with a overhead hoist. I did it that way when I did mine and lots of underneath stuff to my 126/147. Two things to remember:fluids and SAFETY FIRST. I have one of Harbor Freights electric hoists overhead in my shop,they...
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    Archive through December 15, 2007

    Wyatt-Ken When I worked for the railroad we used Pyro-Putty on cracked turbo charger inlets on GE diesel locomotives and it withstood the heat really well. We would put it on the inlet flange and the apply the transition (exhaust inlet) section and allow to cure before starting. When we later...
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    Archive through December 13, 2007

    Tom P & Others-It looks like in the picture of your 126 that you blanked off the grill. With my 126/147 and QA snow thrower the engine heat melts the snow and leaves a big slushey mess on the snow thrower that just lays there. I thought about blanking the grill to deflect the engine heat. Does...
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    3 Terminal Voltage Regulator Adjustment

    Many of the replacement regulators have 4 terminals. Locally I was told the three terminal type is pretty much discontinued. On my 126/147 you just use GEN,BAT & F terminals. As I recall the L is for "Light". The school I went to discouraged filing the points. Drawing a piece of clean white...
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    Archive through November 27, 2007

    Alexander IH used to supply short blocks and complete replacement engines. My dad replaced the complete engine in my 126 yrs ago and it has/had balance gears,however the engine has a different spec # than the original,however if someone replaced just the short block, the ID tag would not have...
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    Archive through November 26, 2007

    Craig Before you buy that rod,be sure to "mike" the shaft to make sure it doesn't need turned undersized. Kohler makes a .010 undersized rod. I did my 126 and 147 recently and they both needed turned. Also "mike" the cylinder bore,both of mine needed bored also. Both looked good at the top of...
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    Coleman Powermate generator muffler

    I have a Coleman 5000 Powermate generator that has a very loud exhaust. I used to use it in a rural setting,now I brought it to town.Has anyone figured out a better muffler to quiet down one of these things? It is about 5 yrs old and has a B&S 10 hp "L" head engine and the extended run fuel tank...
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    Archive through October 16, 2007

    ROB For my 147 with 1050 tires I cut down a set of automobile chains I had that last were used on a 56 Chevy years ago. Other than being to long they fit prefectly! The length of the crossbars is all that really matters,you can always shorten the length for tire diameter,or even shorten the...
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    Archive through October 25, 2007

    Ken The points were nearly new and still looked good.I well remember the "resistor bypass circuit". Back to the Cub Cadet coil problem,take your time and troubleshoot thoroughly and you will most likely find the problem.Let us know what you find.
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    Archive through October 25, 2007

    Larry-James-Thomas-Ken This past summer I worked on a fork lift that kept blowing coils and condensers. It had an external resistor,which I found was letting full charging system voltage through to the coil. The resistor looked okay,but my meter said otherwise.I replaced the resistor and the...
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    Archive through October 05, 2007

    Charlie and Ryan, There are two versions of the rt angle gear box. The one with the plain flat cover and a plug or two plugs uses oil(the 1970 manual says Sae 80). The one with the raised stamped cover uses grease,my manual says use IH 251H EP or #2 lithium grease.When I redid the grease type on...
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    Archive through September 19, 2007

    I have a 126 and 147 which I use to mow and snow blow. I have arthritis in my shoulders and wrists and would like to install a larger steering wheel to reduce steering effort. Is the steering shaft spline the same as bigger tractors? Has anybody done this mod and what did you use? Thanks
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    Rewiring 125 hydrostatic

    John I rewired my 126 and 147 about a year ago.The wiring harness is/was still available,not cheap, but depending what your time is worth,to me the price was reasonable. If you use the facrory harness it is all color coded,which can be real helpful later. Remove the engine,I did it both...
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    Archive through August 17, 2007

    Charlie You should have come to the Camp Creek Threshers Show in July at Waverly NE,we had about 50 Cub Cadets(IH was the featured line),between the display tractors and the garden tractor pull. I took my 126 that I restored last winter,my dad bought it new,along with the tiller. This was the...
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    Archive through June 11, 2007

    Glen,a couple things to remember about the rear(Cub) style pto. It stops when you step on the clutch,when I was growing up mowing the south 40 hayfield with the Farmall H,it didn't matter,but it sure was a nusiance mowing weeds around the farm yard,where you did alot of manuvering, machine...
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    Balance gears in 12 HP Kohlers ?

    Kendell,remember my post of May 3? When I got my 147 the engine was very noisey compared to my 126,by using a mechanics stethoscope (a long screwdriver) and listening to the engine at various locations it was pretty obvious that the noise was coming from the balance gear area of the crankcase...
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    Archive through May 22, 2007

    Charlie,I never thought there was an "O" ring.I've been a professional mechanic for forty years and have ohauled two Kohlers in the last year and never saw one.
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    Archive through May 22, 2007

    Charlie-Myron,yep I missed it,the "O" ring was mentioned as a statement of fact a few days ago by another member.
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    Archive through May 22, 2007

    I'm confused(as usual) its been mentioned that there is an "O" ring around the ignition points pushrod on a 301 engine.I'm just finishing up a 301 ohaul,there wasn't one in the genuine Kohler gasket set,unless I lost it,my Kohler eng book doesn"t seem to mention it,and my engine parts breakdown...
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    Archive through May 21, 2007

    I'm confused (as usual)on a 301 engine its been stated that there is an "O" ring around the pushrod for the ignition points, I'm just finishing up a 301 o'haul,my genuine Kohler gasket set didn't have one (unless I lost it)the Kohler engine book doesn't seem to mention it and the parts breakdown...
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