Thread: K181 recoil start in an Original drive belt question.
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Old 10-18-2009, 02:15 PM
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Default K181 recoil start in an Original drive belt question.
I might be trading for a nice K 181 , and my O needs a Kohler instead of the backwards snowblower engine it has.. This Kohler has a rope start, and when you look at the flywheel side of the motor it almost looks like one could pull the rope start off, slip a belt on, and bolt the rope start back on, as long as it was a fairly narrow belt.. Is the recoil cup the same on the Original as on a standard 181 recoil start engine? or did it have a vee belt pulley built in?

SUre would be nice to have three forward speeds again.... ( I realize I could swap the carrier over but as long as I have a KOHLER......)
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