THANK-YOU KRAIG!
Son & I test fired this engine Friday night. The spec. tag says it's a K-241....but it's really a small flywheel K321. Stock Kohler .010" O/S piston & rings. Forged Kohler rod, with one of Dave Kirk's balance jobs on the rotating assembly, This engine runs smoother than the K241 I took out of this tractor! K361 cam, carb is stock...Notice Dave's Points Saver ignition & His Blue Bosch coil. The engine fired & ran on about the third or fourth revolution without priming the carb, just a bit of choke.
The engine starts very easily, the ACR must be working! Idles smooth, runs smooth, no smoke...doesn't seem to run too hot anywhere...and pulls like a RAPED APE! Sunday afternoon We hooked the 72 up to Dad's old FARMALL M to try to load this engine down some for break-in. I've got two black marks 8-1/2" wide and almost 100 ft long across my dry concrete driveway where Son hit the brakes on His 7000# tractor and stopped Me...I idled the 72 down some...He released His brakes and when I nailed the throttle still spinning BOTH rear wheels on the concrete in 2nd gear the RPM's just SNAPPED right up against the governor instantly.
The fuel system (THANKS SON!
) is all home-made. Son TIGGED the tank...14 ga. steel...the next one would be aluminum. SUMMIT Racing was the source for the breather/roll-over vent & flush fill cap...capacity is supposed to be 2-7/8 gal. Fuel fittings are all Anodized aluminum & 3/8" #6 braided stainless steel lines. It's a little over-kill but I like it like that.
The tank, and all the blower housing parts & covers are all gloss black powder coated. There were only a couple places where I painted anything on the block, and of course the starter/generator. It had been yellow on the old engine but We like it black better.
Not sure how long the straight pipe will stay on....BUT it sure brings a SMILE to My face when it fires up! Ohhhhh.... This IS a "MOW" tractor, not a puller, or restoration. Other than to use up a few new or used parts that had been sitting around the shop for the last three to five years it was just to get more HP to pull my yard vac.
NOW WYATT - Get YOUR'S FINISHED!