My Kohler K321 14HP rebuild thread

[Eugen]

Bye bye silver hello black

Should've left the back silver. Get it? Silverback?

[Eugen]

When you got no sandblaster you do it with the steel brush. Can't say I enjoyed the paint stripping of the oil dipstick enclosure, up to 2AM, but what needs to be done needs to be done.

Slow progress, but progress nonetheless.

[Eugen]

One of those miracles of life, today the little ones went to sleep earlier. After evening chores are done, I can do a little work in the shop.

A bit of detailing. After a lot of wire wheel I must say. This is my wire wheel. Older than me, put together by someone who didn't have a lot of money, like me. I have to turn the wheel by hand to start it when I plug it in. I love it, no solid state, no ram failure, give it a whirl and it turns.

Here are the results of wire brushing and some paint.

[Eugen]

Turns out the breather assembly was missing the reed valve and the filter

[DavidBarkey]

Turns out the breather assembly was missing the reed valve and the filter :headbash

My 222 would not stop leaking at the breather / valve cover . It had bean repeatedly over tightened over its life time . I tried brazing steel rod to the back side to reinforce it , headed but didn't stop the leak . So after seeing what the pullers due to the hoped Kseries I made a new simple one out of place aluminum . Not pretty but no more leaks there . All the rest of the PCV assembly is widely available online NEW. I beleave our friend Mike at engine bore has them as well.

Dave

[Gordy]

Turns out the breather assembly was missing the reed valve and the filter

Sometimes you want this to be the PO with your hand on the back of his head and maybe a little of this too

I am dealing with that now. A Simplicity 7116 followed me home. It has the VERY rare power steering, the PO was up front in the ad about the PS oil leak and that it it was impossible to turn to the left. As I inspected it, the hoses had been changed (oversized with swivel adaptors) well most of the oil leak was from multiple loose hoses and swivels And looking at the PS unit I already have the PO had the hoses on wrong So I change that and it steers like a dream now Add to that a snapped off bolt on the back of the PS unit that let the unit twist sideways and rub hard against the steering linkage

I'll resist going on and hijacking the thread farther But buying used means sometimes dealing with PO's that must have been Short bus passengers


Gordy

[Eugen]

Haha @Gordy we're pretty relaxed here about not staying super focused on a topic.

I think we should have a sticky thread something like "Rants about the previous owner!" Present company excluded of course.

I mean, look at this!

[DavidBarkey]

Haha @Gordy we're pretty relaxed here about not staying super focused on a topic.

I think we should have a sticky thread something like "Rants about the previous owner!" Present company excluded of course.

I mean, look at this!



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Just remember guys if it weren't for the stupidity of PO.s many of us wouldn't have gotten some of the deals we got over the years . I agree some thing the want to be You Tube mechanic do will drive us crazy . But the more they @@#$%^&* it up and and get frustrated at the POS because it is not there stupidity after all they all stayed at Super 8 last night . So that makes them experts. There POS. is our next bargon . You got to hope they didn't damage stuff to much that it no longer is bargon.

Just saying
Dave

[Eugen]

It's a double edged sword Dave


Had to go to Toronto again for a few days with the job. Now that we're back from the zoo and children nap, outside it's drizzling and I got a few minutes to spare.

One small step of progress.

[Eugen]

I hit a bit of a snag, I don't remember how the head nuts and washers are ordered. Looking through the various manuals has not made it any clearer. Does have any pointers?