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hi guys, i buy rotella "T" oil at TSC. about $13. a gallon. comes in many weights. straight 30W or 10-30W. best thing is its a diesel oil that is API graded as well. so its good for gas engines too. because its a diesel engine oil it contains high zinc. zinc is a great anti-wear additive. many years ago all oil had high zinc. the epa made the oil companies remove it because the zinc was messing up the catalytic converters on modern cars. i use the rotella in my old chevy truck with the 350 cubic inch engine too. zinc really helps flat tappet cam engines like our old kohlers. regards mike in mass.

I looked at a 16 horse auto today in my home town. It is complete and ran when he stored it 2 years ago. Gas tank is plastic? Has a nice split in the seam. Has hydraulics and came with tiller which looks in good condition as well as a blade, disc and plow. What would be a fair offer?

A buddy gave me a C121 and ya'll have alot of information, so here I am. The story on the tractor is my buddies brother and father each picked up a horse from the factory in Elkhart in the 60's. He got his dad's years ago and used it around his place, then parked it about 6 years ago because it wouldn't run right. I talked him out of it and got it home this weekend. It comes with weights, chains, cab, mower deck and snowblower. I picked up a load of parts from a local fix it guy for $40 and put a set of points it it and now it purrs like a kitten. I would like to date it just for giggles. I'm gonna quicky paint it and put her back to work.

Its rough and dirty but shouldn't be a problem, just a little work. Needs new muffler, been welded to many times. Like I said in my earlier post rode hard put up wet! BUT was garage kept, just never cleaned up. Deck is pretty rough, I am going to spend some time this weekend and dig in to it and see what all I got. Change the oils and try to clean up a bit. I'll know more then if I will be cussing and kicking or smiling. Not too sure. PO said the 48" deck rusted through and pullies fell through so he picked up this little 36" and put on I think just to say it had a deck for the sell. If I knew it was in this shape I wouldn't have got it. Little too far of drive for me for this.

That thing is a diamond in the ruff, and I would love to own one!! I think it was worth it, that's one rare Horse. Matt

HELLO BO DAWG, I HAVE A SK486 I BOUGHT NEW. THE 16HP KOHLER HAS MORE POWER THEN I EVER NEEDED. MINE CAME WITH A 42" SIDE DECK. I PAID $1900 DELIVERED IN MARCH OF 1983. I MOWED WITH MINE FOR YEARS AND I ONLY USE IT FOR VACUUMING UP LEAVES WITH A DR VACUUM SET SET UP. I HAVE CHERRISH THIS TRACTOR SINSE NEW. IT IS MY FAVOR WHEEL HORSE THAT I OWN, IT WAS THE LAST ONE BEFORE THEY SARTED CUTTING CORNERS. I WILL SEND YOU PICTURES IF INTERESTED. THANKS BOWTIE IN OHIO BOWTIE@COLUMBUS.RR.COM 1975 B80 36" 1982 SK486 42" 1994 314-8 42" 1999 314-8 42"

Looks like you have a couple really nice horses in there !!! Nice find!

That's a really nice score there, can't wait to see it all cleaned up. :thumbs:

That's the way I understand it also. It had a deck? I was too busy drooling to notice! :)

I'd like to figure out the year it was made. My buddy gave it to me to keep it working and knowing I would pass it on to my son when the time comes. He's 8 now and super excided to get the old girl going.

Well I'd say in the $500 to 700 range, with all the attachments, would be a good price, be sure to get the idler pulley set up for the tiller, and the sleeve hitch on the shelve under the chimney brushes, I would start by asking what they want for it to see if you might get it cheaper, but that is me, and if you get it and need a tank let me know. Edit, do they have the vac system also? it looks like it had the belt guard on it for a vac, see the non faded paint on the drive belt guard, and the foot rest out of place to allow for the belt to run down between the guard and foot rest.

victory! i finaly loaded a picture. first time don't know if i will be able to do it again. here is the beltguard on my 518. i have enough material to do at least 30 more, pm me if interested. Jay

I tighten the bolts to set my plow angle correctly, but leave maybe 1/16" play so nothing is forced and under a lot of pressure.

Got my hat today I am Camara Shy Chas

.. After lot's of ing for quite a few months I have finally found a way of fitting an air cleaner under the hood.. Well almost.. the filter case needs to be "tweaked" in a bit to clear the oil filler cap, but at least there is plenty of clearance between the air cleaner and the hood Do you need the pipe nipple? If not take it out and use a pipe plug. :dunno:

I do want to go Craig but have no way of getting there. I guess if I leave 3 days before I can drive the 18 auto right down 81 south from my house but I might need to pull a tanker with me so I dont have to stop to refuel the K482. Then again 8 MPH top speed might mean I need to leave a week ahead. I forgot how many miles its is from mine to Arendtsville. Just checked streets and trips and its 126 miles from here to there so looks like 18 hours straight of seat time on the 18 auto and I could drive the tractor right there...Maybe PennDot will pay me to mow the median on my way down......

My reason for changing to a lighter oil in winter temperatures is because Kohler tells me to! Spalsh lubricated engines are dependant on oil getting to the moving parts, and 30 wt oil is pretty thick at sub-freezing temperatures. While I do believe that anything an engine manufacturer puts in writing is going to be reasonably conservative, I also believe that they know more about their engines than anyone else does, so if I tend to go with what they recommend.

finished up today.....There is a D series carcass at my house yet. It has a tight steering column and pto shaft w/coupler on it (I think these are spoken for). I also noticed a heavy duty front end. I claimed that. The D series snow blower is already in my garage....yes!!!

Thanks Brad, your be pleased to know there will be another video update with loads of lathe work at the end of this update Bit of a mixed bag this update, busy cracking on with more of those "small job" needed to get it moving under it's own power.. So, back to the brake pedal it is.. Having made the "upright" bit of the pedal I needed to work out how to trim it just right to fit the pedal base.. Lot's of measuring/clamping and scribbling on the masking tape soon had the angle right. Even more measuring/cutting/welding (I was too busy to take many photos..Sorry) resulted in this. And bolted on.. Grizzly Adams Garry dropped in for a few hours and gave me a hand replacing a couple of missing bolts the hold the engine to the mounting plate. Quickly jumping to the outriggers, a start has been made cutting the slots needed for the belt tension thingys.. Lot and lots of filing, not fun but needs to be done.. One down, one to go.. A quick jump back to the brake pedal which by this time had gained a coat of paint and a bit of "anti slip grip plate". Bit of a boring pic this one, but the trans cooling fan was given a good clean and bolted back on, also a spring was found for the drive belt pulley tensioner thingy. Back to the brakes again, this time the steering brakes.. A couple of return springs were needed to make sure the steering levers er.. return to their "off" position.. The "over cut" bearing bloke came in handy once again for clamping bit's of steel together for welding. Ta-Daa a couple of fitted springs.. These are only a temporary measure until I find the right size compression springs to fit in a more hidden position. While waiting for the welds to cool on the return springs thingy, some more paint was splashed about the place. This time one the bit of frame that holds the steering brake master cylinders. Although not strictly needed for a test drive, it wouldn't feel right without the proper black plastic dash panel fitted, so some careful drilling and filing later.. Time for some reconstruction... A couple of temporary mounts were fabricated to mount the temporary (and odd) brake fluid reservoirs. And to almost finish this update, have a photo of the fully fitted dash hood stand. And to finish this update, here's my latest "posted" build video.. You might want to get a coffee/beer before watching this as it's a bit of a big video

Here are some better pics of the gears on the transmissions. The left picture is the original trans and the right one is the spare trans. The left has more gear material missing and the right(spare) trans appears to missing some material off the big gear in the center of the picture. To my eyes the spare trans will be the one to fix and install in the 606.