I have a Kohler K341. This part is intriguing to me. Engine cranks great, piston moves up and down, valves open and close, however, my points open and close when they want and the "powered" side of the PTO with the keyway turns when it wants while the rest of the engine is rotating.
I havent dug into this machine yet to really understand this. But would it be possible to break a cam and the crank? Reason why im asking is because the points run off the cam, and the PTO runs off the crank. They both turn when they feel like it.
The other weird part is that there is no compression. None, zilch. But the piston and valve appear to be in time with each other when I crank the engine. Possibly spun the crank gear for timing?
(I had the head off and watched them)
The guy that owns it said he was mowing and it acted like it ran out of gas, puffed some smoke and without a sound the engine quit. The above is what I noticed when I did a quick look at it. Other then that, the internals from what I had apart looks great.
Just being curious if anyone ever came across something like this.
I havent dug into this machine yet to really understand this. But would it be possible to break a cam and the crank? Reason why im asking is because the points run off the cam, and the PTO runs off the crank. They both turn when they feel like it.
The other weird part is that there is no compression. None, zilch. But the piston and valve appear to be in time with each other when I crank the engine. Possibly spun the crank gear for timing?
(I had the head off and watched them)
The guy that owns it said he was mowing and it acted like it ran out of gas, puffed some smoke and without a sound the engine quit. The above is what I noticed when I did a quick look at it. Other then that, the internals from what I had apart looks great.
Just being curious if anyone ever came across something like this.
