An update on the 147. The motor is half apart, I pulled the piston out the other day and this is what I found:
The piston is all beat up at the top and mushroomed against the top ring, any idea what would cause this to happen? Below the rings the piston is fine. The cylinder walls look fine and mic out fine.
Where should I go about getting a rebuild kit for this motor? I like the price of this kit on ebay and it has everything I need:
http://cgi.ebay.com/fits-Kohler-Engi...item20b503027b
I had the motor out of my 122 so I decided to put that in the 147. I hooked everything up and turned the key, nothing happened. I wasn't getting any power to the S/G or the coil so I hot wired the coil and took a jumper to the S/G and fired it up. I bumped the hydro lever forward and it started creeping forward! Then I tried reverse and that worked fine. Throttled up the tractor and took it for a spin. I also tried the electric lift. That worked fine as well! This tractor might not be too bad after all, as long as the motor runs fine after the rebuild kit.