SylvanLakeWH 25,557 #1476 Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Oldskool said: Seeing progress on this build Really…? Uhm… Please clean your glasses… Page 60!!! Edited January 17, 2022 by SylvanLakeWH 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oldskool 6,644 #1477 Posted January 17, 2022 6 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said: Really…? Uhm… Please clean your glasses… Page 60!!! 🤣🤣🤣 Well not alot of progress, but some. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy11 5,714 #1478 Posted January 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, Oldskool said: not alot of progress, but some You mustn't rush art!!! Don 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oldskool 6,644 #1479 Posted January 17, 2022 31 minutes ago, Snoopy11 said: You mustn't rush art!!! Don No no....all in good time 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,557 #1480 Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) Just some perspective to keep @ebinmaine’s honor in tact… According to multiple innerweb resources it took 12 years to complete the Original Colossus of Rhodes… (on the web so it must be true…) Post 1 of this thread was August 31, 2019. So really, when August 31, 2031 rolls around, we should get nervous… I mean, even with BBT, we can’t expect this beast - what will become the 8th Wonder of the world - to take less time than the original can we…? Edited January 17, 2022 by SylvanLakeWH 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,496 #1481 Posted January 17, 2022 33 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said: some perspective Jim I do really appreciate your great help in keeping the gnashing gears of impatience at bay. A beast, I am trying for... I'm not so sure I'll pull off "8th Wonder."... I'll give a good shot though!! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy11 5,714 #1482 Posted January 17, 2022 16 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said: on the web so it must be true 16 hours ago, ebinmaine said: I'm not so sure Don 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxwell-8 4,275 #1483 Posted January 19, 2022 I think a generator from a car may do the trick. I once had a small Briggs with electric start. a new started was $150 so I would always start it with my big drill. worked very well. Probably September 1983 is when your engine was made. It still has the 9 digit code. 10digit codes are a lot easier to decode. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,496 #1484 Posted January 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Maxwell-8 said: 1983 Do you know where to find the information about decoding from the '60s and '70s? This generation of engines started back in the 50s at some point but I think they would have had an oil bath air filter then. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxwell-8 4,275 #1485 Posted January 19, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, ebinmaine said: Do you know where to find the information about decoding from the '60s and '70s? This generation of engines started back in the 50s at some point but I think they would have had an oil bath air filter then. I have a manual for it but nothing else I know after 1984-5 Kohler started using 10 digit numbers. With those you got to take the first two digits and add 70. So 15 would be 1985. That is what they told me, Have yet to test rather this is true or not. No joke, I have been searching over an hour online trying to find a proper way to date your Kohler, but nothing really helped even tried via your starter. NO luck there. Kohlers aren't as nearly as easy as Briggs to date. Isn't their a sticker somewhere? with spec and model number? Edited January 19, 2022 by Maxwell-8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,496 #1486 Posted January 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, Maxwell-8 said: Isn't their a sticker somewhere? with spec and model number? There was at one point but the only thing readable on it was 36202. I can't remember if that was the spec or the model but every other stamping or printed number on the label was long gone..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxwell-8 4,275 #1487 Posted January 19, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: There was at one point but the only thing readable on it was 36202. I can't remember if that was the spec or the model but every other stamping or printed number on the label was long gone..... That is the spec number. 36202 is the basic version. Not specifically made for an other brand. Edited January 19, 2022 by Maxwell-8 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,496 #1488 Posted January 19, 2022 5 minutes ago, Maxwell-8 said: That is the spec number. 36202 is the basic version. Not specifically made for an other brand. Yeah that sounds familiar. I remember being told that it was a "Counter engine" or multiple use and was likely not installed in any particular piece of machinery when it was new. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,496 #1489 Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) The BBT spent more time cleaning up the nasty off the powerplant for this beast. Tossed a goodly bit of acetone around. We looked at an old thread about flywheel magnets and how to reattach them. ALL 6 of these were easily removed. 2 were loose. We checked the polarity and lined them up to be glued in sometime soon. Edited January 21, 2022 by ebinmaine Added pic 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gregor 4,846 #1490 Posted January 21, 2022 7 hours ago, ebinmaine said: We checked the polarity and lined them up to be glued in sometime soon. Just for the heck of it, break one in half, put it back together, and see if the polarity stays the same. I'm curious. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,496 #1491 Posted January 21, 2022 5 minutes ago, Gregor said: Just for the heck of it, break one in half, put it back together, and see if the polarity stays the same. I'm curious. Much as I'd love to experiment with you I'll go ahead and let you try it. 😂 For the record, it wouldn't work just like that because these magnets are poled either N. S. N. or S. N. S. Line em up end to end in a circle ⭕ and that's 18 changes of polarity which I assume perhaps gives one 36 volts???? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee1977 6,659 #1492 Posted January 21, 2022 5 hours ago, ebinmaine said: Much as I'd love to experiment with you I'll go ahead and let you try it. 😂 For the record, it wouldn't work just like that because these magnets are poled either N. S. N. or S. N. S. Line em up end to end in a circle ⭕ and that's 18 changes of polarity which I assume perhaps gives one 36 volts???? You should have 18 post on the stator 15 amp. output. I have tested as much as 41 voilts AC. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,225 #1493 Posted January 21, 2022 5 hours ago, ebinmaine said: Line em up end to end in a circle ⭕ and that's 18 changes of polarity which I assume perhaps gives one 36 volts???? The number of magnets in combination with the stator coils determines the number of current reversals per rotation of the flywheel. I'm guessing 18 coils on the stator so 9 "plus" and 9 "minus" pulses per rotation. In tech-speak, that's 9 hertz at 60 RPM (vs. 60 hertz for your household AC current). The size of the magnets and number of windings in the coils determines the voltage/amperage of the output. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff-C175 7,202 #1494 Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) On 1/21/2022 at 4:51 AM, ebinmaine said: 18 changes of polarity which I assume perhaps gives one 36 volts???? Number of poles only determines the frequency of the AC output, that and the speed of rotation. Output voltage is a function of the number of turns, and strength of the magnets. Don beat me to it! Edited February 2, 2022 by Jeff-C175 2 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,496 #1495 Posted January 21, 2022 Cool stuff guys. Learned something new today. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gregor 4,846 #1496 Posted January 21, 2022 I would bet @Tractorhead could explain all this to the point where none of us would understand it. 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,496 #1497 Posted January 22, 2022 Got a gasket kit today from isavetractors. I chose his because it was the kit WITH FIRE RINGS on the cylinder head gaskets at the best price. I did take a few minutes to remover the valve covers and clean up the gasket surfaces. I'll figure out how to check the valve lash tomorrow. If anyone knows where I can find an engine manual I'd appreciate it. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,870 #1498 Posted January 22, 2022 On 1/16/2022 at 5:50 PM, Oldskool said: You could really change it up. How bought a kick start. that is my plan for the dump truck project I once started… 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gregor 4,846 #1499 Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, ebinmaine said: If anyone knows where I can find an engine manual I'd appreciate it. Is this it? file:///C:/Users/gwwie/AppData/Local/Temp/SM_ENS-607_K482_K532_K582_K662_DATE5_82.pdf oops wait A K582 is listed here Edited January 22, 2022 by Gregor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff-C175 7,202 #1500 Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Gregor said: Is this it? file:///C:/Users/gwwie/AppData/Local/Temp/SM_ENS-607_K482_K532_K582_K662_DATE5_82.pdf oops wait A K582 is listed here Greg, that's a link to the file on your hard drive... Here's the link to download from the Kohler site: https://www.kohler-engine-parts.opeengines.com/pub/SM_ENS-607_K482_K532_K582_K662_DATE5_82.pdf That file may also be available in the manuals section, didn't look. Edited January 22, 2022 by Jeff-C175 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
