hey guys i have a serious problem on my hands with the cub 71,,,,,,the standard rebuild kit for a k-161 is measured at 2.9 something,,,,well my engine cylinder measures at about 2.875,,,,,if any of you guys have any information about this special thing please let me know asap,,,,,also the engine was never torn down, and it had a stock steel govenor gear,,,,,is this normal?,,,,,charlie anybody please help,,,,,,,
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please read the second article on this page. my good friend Peter Squires in the U.K. wrote this up for me, and it got published along with a picture!!!
http://www.tractormagazine.co.uk/letters.html
my cubs are now famous lol
http://www.tractormagazine.co.uk/letters.html
my cubs are now famous lol
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Justin H Wow, you're going International,
Excellent!!!
my friend peter in the U.K. saw some pics i had put up on facebook, and requested i send him the original pics in high quality. he wrote that little piece up and sent it to me for approval. ive read quite a few of his pieces in the magazine.
Converting a manual angle snowplow to hydraulic:
A sideshift cyl. from a fork truck (lift) worked perfect on the one I converted. I think it came off a 3000# lift. Saved it when I changed some of our lifts from fork to carton clamp. Clamp has its own sideshift. New trk. cylinders have been redesigned. Body bolts to carriage with rods extending from both ends. Suppose those could be used to convert to power steering.
A sideshift cyl. from a fork truck (lift) worked perfect on the one I converted. I think it came off a 3000# lift. Saved it when I changed some of our lifts from fork to carton clamp. Clamp has its own sideshift. New trk. cylinders have been redesigned. Body bolts to carriage with rods extending from both ends. Suppose those could be used to convert to power steering.
Forgot to thank Kraig for posting the conversion diagram. This was approximately 3yrs. ago and he has posted that same diagram several times since. I think I saw it again a couple of pages back where I am currently trying to catch up on all the post(s).
justin, what does the parenthases 15 mean With the temperature dropping to freezing Justin (15) of Portland, Maine, in the USA woke to find a good 2-3 inches of fresh snow on the ground. in
the tractor magazine artical.
the tractor magazine artical.
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corey, call me crazy but the stock governer gear wasnt steel? its a plastic material, steel ones ive seen on epay... pullers???? anyways i believe it was myron but someone talked a while back about the change in bore size for the k-161 blocks sometime during prodution... anyone got an answer to my question on the last page?
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Corey,
Kendall is missing one thing. The are two different bore sizes for the K161. You have any early engine. Also, Matt is wrong. Kohler had steel governor gears in the early days.
So sounds like you have an early engine and either need to bore it out to the later bore size or buy a Kohler piston for the early bore engine. The parts are available I rebuilt mine a couple years ago. You can also just use the newer style plastic governor gear.
Kendall is missing one thing. The are two different bore sizes for the K161. You have any early engine. Also, Matt is wrong. Kohler had steel governor gears in the early days.
So sounds like you have an early engine and either need to bore it out to the later bore size or buy a Kohler piston for the early bore engine. The parts are available I rebuilt mine a couple years ago. You can also just use the newer style plastic governor gear.
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Note that Kohler lists just one bore size for the K-161 in the rebuild manual...
John - did the "early" 161 have a different crank also??? (to make up the otherwise missing cubes)..or maybe they had to boost the displacement to meet the marketing guys horsepower ratings..
Kendell
John - did the "early" 161 have a different crank also??? (to make up the otherwise missing cubes)..or maybe they had to boost the displacement to meet the marketing guys horsepower ratings..
Kendell
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Greg L. Great pics showing your weight bracket. Between what Dennis F. and you've provided I'll be able to give the weldoing shop a good idea of what I desire for a bracket. A BIG THANKS to both of you!!!
