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Old 11-03-2010, 02:15 PM
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I decided to sell my 102 and fix this one up. The best part about this tractor was the price.
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Old 11-13-2010, 06:56 PM
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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.
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Old 11-13-2010, 07:04 PM
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price is nice on that e-pay kit but we all know you get what you pay for, if it were mine i would avoid ebay for internal engine parts and go to a place that works on motors. if it is a kohler motor do it and your self and replace it with kohler parts.

first time around it lasted 40 or so years, spend what you can afford but spend it once and be done with it.

just my thoughts.
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Old 11-13-2010, 07:18 PM
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What you found on the piston is probably due to excess carbon buildup, a blown head gasket, lean fuel mixture, overheating, or a combination of those.

I have used aftermarket pistons and gasket sets with decent success; however, if you plan on keeping the tractor, the Kohler parts are probably worth the extra money. I would definitely use a Kohler rod though.
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Old 11-15-2010, 12:25 PM
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Thanks for the input guys, I'm probably going to go with the Kohler parts since I want to keep this one for a good while. A quick question though, where is the switch for the headlights, I can't find it for the life of me.
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Thanks for the input guys, I'm probably going to go with the Kohler parts since I want to keep this one for a good while. A quick question though, where is the switch for the headlights, I can't find it for the life of me.
Left side of the Dash/Steering column, by your knee.
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Old 11-16-2010, 10:30 AM
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[QUOTE=Oak;46548]They made 15,678. I would restore it.[/QUOTE Nice tractor! She will need some good paint. Sounds like this 147 is more collectable than the older model 102 Cub Cadet. I think your better off to just keep the both of them.....
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Old 11-16-2010, 03:47 PM
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The 102 has been gone for over a week now. Probably just going to get the motor back together and running for now and then store it until it gets warm again.
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Old 11-20-2010, 01:06 PM
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Did some of these come from the factory with a yellow dash and hood or was that something the previous owner did?
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Old 11-20-2010, 01:44 PM
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That's a PO mod.
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