Time for a K341 Engine Rebuild

[Cub-N-It]

Originally Posted by Methos

Van that's great news! There's nothing like firing up that engine for the first time!

The 147 is a NF and will not fit the 1650 lift.

Thank you Duke for letting me know bout the 147 hitch. I guess I will have to find another good reason to go visit Sam and talk about Harleys, X-wifes and Cubs

[Sam Mac]

Originally Posted by Cub-N-It

Thank you Duke for letting me know bout the 147 hitch. I guess I will have to find another good reason to go visit Sam and talk about Harleys, X-wifes and Cubs

and Deere's

[Cub-N-It]

Originally Posted by Sam Mac

and Deere's

Thats right! Can't forget the Deeres

[Cub-N-It]

OK Fellas, the 1650 lives!!!
I brought it home a week ago and was able to get about 2 hours of seat time on it before leaving for vacation. I am well pleased with the work Kevin did on the rebuild. Here is what he ended up doing;
1. New piston and rings. Did not need to bore cylinder. Was well within tolerances.
2. New connecting rod, and turned crank to fit. Machine shop work on the crank was
impressive.
3. New gasket kit. (of course)
4. New carburator. (NICE)
5. New paint. (Looks professional)
6. Tuned the finished product.
Piston and rings, gasket kit and rod was Kohler brand, carb was Wallbro. I am home from vacation but did not get home in time to put some more seat time on the Cub. I am planning to run it some tomorrow. After bringing it home I did change the oil after I ran it for about an hour. Kevin had run it for about 2 hours before turning it over to me. I opened the oil drain, and let it drain and drip for about 2 hours to get all the bad stuff out, and then put in fresh Lubrication Engineers 30 weight motor oil. The 341 has alot of torque and since it did not come from the factory with balance gears, it shakes a little like a rubber mounted Harley Davidson engine, so thats no problem for me. I am used to that.
So now the Cub has a fresh engine, new carb, new iso mounts, new upgraded and strengthened front end with 1" spindles, new hydro oil and filter, and more money invested than I had planned but the Cub should last a long long time and give me alot of smiles. Next is the dozer/snow blade and a fresh coat of paint and decals. All the hard work is done! Hooray!!!!!!!

[Methos]

Congrats Van!

Hearing it run for the first time is so exciting!

[ACecil]

That's awesome, Van! Glad you got the 1650 going!

[Sam Mac]

Glad to hear that it lives! Now stop screwing around and post some pics

[Cub-N-It]

Originally Posted by Sam Mac

Glad to hear that it lives! Now stop screwing around and post some pics

HAHAHA, I could not turn in for the night without seeing what my friend Sam had to say
OK Sam, I have made arrangements to have a friend post some pics for me. This is something I will work on this week. The only thing that may get ahead of it is if I am able to get the blade early on, say monday, tuesday or so.
After that, yes definetly pic time

[IH Cub Cadet]

Great to see you getting the 1650 going. Mine is still in pieces. Turns out someone had swapped out the 16hp engine for a 14. I found a 16 hp engine from a 1650 tractor and have it on the shelf for a future rebuild. Right now I'm busy tinkering with a 109 and of course those other color tractors...

Looking forward to seeing some pics.

Take care,
Bill