108 cub w/unusual size stator

wbmiller3 · #1 10-22-2012, 03:05 PM

I've got an old 108 with a kohler, not sure I think it's a 10 hp. It's not charging and seems to have a rectifier/regulator bolted to the block with a small stator. I've been told that it should have a starter/generator. I've been trying to replace the stator and keep the current set-up. Every Kohler stator I've tried is about an inch to large. There is an old one on ebay right now that looks exactly like mine. It say's its from a wheel horse gt-14 and fits a K321 Kohler. I've got a brand new K321 stator and it doesn't look anything like that one. The 321 stator is 5 1/2" O.D. with open spaces between the individual coils. Neither mine or the one on ebay is like that. Any idea's? I'd like to find a new one, the one on ebay doesn't look to healthy.

Thanks

ihcc104 · #2 10-22-2012, 03:33 PM

Here is one I saw on eBay, it is a shorter setup for the 1x7 and 1x8 series I believe...

Ebay Listing

R Bedell · #3 10-22-2012, 04:08 PM

Quote:

I've been told that it should have a starter/generator.

This is correct, Any Stator & V/R is someone's fabrication.

Cub Cadet used a Kohler K241 with a stator & V/R used on the Quietline Series Tractors. (ie: 108 or 109)

wbmiller3 · #4 10-23-2012, 10:32 AM

pic on left is my shot stator, right is new one

wbmiller3 · #5 10-23-2012, 12:44 PM

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wheel-Horse-...item2ec1b3cd98

I'd just like to find a "new or newer" one

Thanks

R Bedell · #6 10-23-2012, 02:48 PM

What is the Kohler Model & Spec number on the tag....???

wbmiller3 · #7 10-23-2012, 02:57 PM

That's kind of my problem, no tag, no ID at all.

JayJay · #8 11-02-2012, 12:32 PM

wbmiller3: The reason your setup isn't charging may be because there are no magnets glued to the flywheel, or at least I don't see them. Perhaps they're embedded in the ring insert, but if that's the case, its not a Kohler setup, or at least not like the ones I've seen.

As Roland insinuated, a 108 should have come with a 10HP Kohler ID 241A with a starter/generator; a Quiet Line 10 HP Model 1000 would have come with a K241AQS (or simply K241AQ). The 14 HP motor would be K321A (for a Cub Cadet 147 or 149) or K321AQS (or K321AQ) for the Quiet Line 1450. On a side note, IH also produced a Quiet Line 10 HP tractor with a Briggs & Stratton motor as Model 1100.

Before you replace the stator again, I would try to test it with an Ohm meter. You should be reading almost continuity between the two leads, something on the order of 3 to 4 ohms; and it should be open from the leads to the laminated frame. If the resistance checks out, I would re-assemble and see if it is producing AC voltage at the regulator bolted outside when the motor is running--assuming there are magnets in the assembly I just can't see in the picture. If the stator is producing at least 30 VAC with the motor running, and you're not seeing 13+ volts at the DC lead at the regulator, then the regulator is bad.

I hope you're able to resolve your dilemma, because it sounds at this point as though you may have been a victim of "false advertising."