K321
 

Hi everyone , I,m restoring a 147 Lot,s of painting going on ...
I was striping the paint off my motor block & ran in to these numbers..

K321 - top A - Right 17CO - on bottom

what dose A / 17CO stand for ?????
Sorry pic did not go through....

sorry wrong pic
 

new to the forum
not got this pic thing down yet....

JU

I have no clue. Haven't seen anything like that.

K321
 

this is the pic i was tiring to post..
the motor block was black & the oil pan was yellow
dip stick hole on lift side of pic has small plate to seal mounting hole for long style dip stick is this common looks like the PO might have done this it dose not look right i,m going to paint this motor up nice can i fix this back to look better ? Looks cobble up to me.. & piston has stander stamped on it with other numbers ... is this a after market motor ??? Thanks for any input..

Jeff U

It's probably just part of the hieroglyphics Kohler used in their casting molds to keep track of what was going on, and to be able to identify issues with a certain run of castings, or something like that. In other words, meaningless to you and I.

Depending on if they are stamped or cast, those numbers/letters could be anything from what batch of molten iron the block was poured from to the line that the engine was assembled on, might even be a code for the date that it was poured or assembled.

Unless you talk to someone who was there, you will probably never find out.

Re:K321
 

Hi, Hope your redo goes smoothly.:WWP:

From the pic that you posted, you have a block from a 1450. Thats why you have the dipstick block-off plate. Another clue is all the holes that are drilled and tapped for the electric PTO. The black color of the block could have meant a "service block/engine" or the color that most quietline engines were painted.:biggrin2.gif:

FFGino. Happy Cubbing!!

k321
 

Thanks for All the input guys now i known lots more about that motor ..
came out of a 1450 !!! Wow everything looks good so far .. Got the head off have it cleaned but need to flat,n head before i put it back on. took those balance gears out already, 147 restaration going well...

Thanks FFGino & all others for your input .
I ,ll send more pics of 147 progress if you guys would i like...
Jeff U