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Old 05-23-2012, 06:35 PM
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So got a little free time to mess around with the 100 today. I pulled the battery and hooked up the.jumpers right to the positive and negative wires, and she turns over. I think the front pto is sticking, because no matter what position I put the lever in the snow blower turns with the motor. It is getting compression, but barely enough to blow my finger off, if I press hard it won't. How much psi is a good range for these motors? It has no spark, bit it could be a bad plug and I don't have a spare around. Exhaust flows, put my hand on it when I crank it, and it blows it off.

So, not so bad. I got to flush the old gas out and get her to spark, and clean the carb out and maybe she will run
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Old 05-23-2012, 08:10 PM
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These Kohlers have ACR ( automatic compression release ) which is a small tab on the camshaft which reduces compression so they start easier. Once it fires up, centrifical force moves it out of the way and you have full power. You will not get a true compression reading just by turning it over with the starter.

Make sure the points are clean too.
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Old 05-23-2012, 08:31 PM
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That's nice to know, so the lowish compression I'm feeling is normal it sounds. I've seen stuff like that on wheelers, but didn't expect that on this old tractor. I'm feeling better and better about this trade as I tinker
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Old 05-23-2012, 08:37 PM
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That's nice to know, so the lowish compression I'm feeling is normal it sounds. I've seen stuff like that on wheelers, but didn't expect that on this old tractor. I'm feeling better and better about this trade as I tinker
A little bit of maintence, a few new parts and it'll last another 45 years.

My regular mowers are my 1968 Cub Cadet 125 and 1966 model 122. The 122 was rode hard and put away wet. I rebuilt the engine and a few other maintence parts and it runs great. The 125 is my everyweek mowing machine plus primary snow removal ( with a QA-42 snow thrower )

That 100 you have doesn't look bad at all.
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Old 05-23-2012, 09:01 PM
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The plan was tear down and restore, but I started having second thoughts. Now I'm thinking tear down and restore. I use restore loosely, since a few people will flip when they see a blue and white cub
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Old 05-23-2012, 09:26 PM
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Sounded real good until the blue and white ( ford colors? )
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Nope, deff not a Ford guy.. just think replace the yellow with blue, a nice cream colored hood and seat, and a black engine with some Chrome and yellow mixed in would make a Darn good looking tractor out of the 100
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So a little more tinkering today. Got a new plug in her. Was getting no spark so I started flipping switches while I cranked it over. My misplaced left hand tells me that the po wired up the key wrong... Compression, spark and air. Now I just got to work on the fuel system. My guess says its bugered up with gunk.
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