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Hello everyone. I just purchased my first red cub. I paid more than I like to but it is nice shape and runs well. It is an IH built tractor and the serial number is below 700000. It has low hours on it and was a one owner tractor. It has the series one engine in it. I was concerned about this because of things I read and was wondering if anybody had any feedback about the KT17s (series 1) engines. Any suggestions to keep it running strong would be greatly appreciated. I read this somewhere 'An old time Kohler mechanic told me he used to add a pint of oil and stamp a new full mark on the dipstick of every brand new KT that he sold and he never got one back with a problem as long as they took care of it." Any thoughts about this suggestion would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Earl

i'm not positive but i think the biggest thing not to do is to not side hill them at all???

Yes I have heard the same thing, and know guys who have done it on other splash type motors and they have never had issues... I run my K241 in my CCO a 1/2'ish pint over.. On a full pressurized oil system I would not do it though..

Keep the oil up to the full mark, change it when you are supposed to, and stay off of slopes and hills, and it should be fine for awhile.