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857 and CH270 Kohler

By Bach-Ed, in Wheel Horse Tractors

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Bach-Ed    170

Bach-Ed
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I have been watching the thread of using Preditor engines well my 857 had a K241 that threw a rod.  Since that was not the original engine I just wanted to get a decent engine on it.  i got a good price on a CH270 Kohler and figured I couldn't go wrong with Kohler.  Any way I found I needed an adapter plate and got one and now the engine is in place.  I don't show it but the hood just drops on.  Hooray.  The shaft size was wrong but I picked up a nice adapter on Ebay.  Putting on the belt that was used with K241 did work but you can see in the photo how loose it is.  I'm assuming a somewhat shorter belt would be what I want.  Do you think I should try one or two inches shorter or????????  Oh and yes someone has altered the guard so a new one is on my wish list.  Thr throttle cable is not working very well so that is my highest priority.  I want to get the plow on and maybe scare away the white stuff.

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nhunt308    143

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I just went through this on my lawn ranger re power because I had to move the motor towards the back to clear the hood. I took my old belt (to big) let the clutch all the way out and wrapped the belt around the

Pulleys then cut it to fit perfectly around them... then you can measure the belt with a tape measure. Now what surprised me was the belt length that works is the exact size that I measured with the tape measure. I assumed I would need a inch smaller but that was not the case. And with your belt guard you might want to keep that one because if you need a shorter belt I would guess your pulley location is moved toward the rear of the tractor and a stock guard would be to long

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slammer302    2,155

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I've done HF 212cc swap on a 657 and a commando 6 and was able to use factory size belt on both

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Wheel-N-It    2,969

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Thats a nice little swap! I'd like to see some more photos of how that turned out :)

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GT14    243

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Looks good Kohler is king for Wheel Horse motivation.

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slammer302    2,155

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You will love the easy starting and great good power

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