1967 857 Wheel Horse lawn tractor

[Edgee 12]

I have 67 857 with a 8 horse Kohler engine. Will any 12 coil work as a replacement  ? Thanks ahead of time. 

[pfrederi 17,959]

28 minutes ago, Edgee said:

I have 67 857 with a 8 horse Kohler engine. Will any 12 coil work as a replacement  ? Thanks ahead of time. 

Yes any INTERNALLY resisted coil will work. 

[squonk 41,610]

You need an internal resisted coil. Napa IC14 works.

Edited August 1, 2020 by squonk

[SylvanLakeWH 26,105]

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[953 nut 56,095]

16 hours ago, Edgee said:

67 857 with a 8 horse Kohler engine.

Glad you found us,  any questions that come up please feel free to ask them.         One thing we ask of all new members,             

[Edgee 12]

13 hours ago, 953 nut said:

Glad you found us,  any questions that come up please feel free to ask them.         One thing we ask of all new members,             

Here are some pictures 

[Edgee 12]

Got another question for you. At full throttle it starts running rough with a bit of back fire and black smoke. Put a new plug but it still does it. Any suggestions  ? Thanks, Edgee 

[Edgee 12]

It runs great at cutting speed and idle 

[Tuneup 1,433]

Edgee - go ahead and trim the carburetor adjustments. At full throttle, turn the top screw clockwise to the point of stumble and then counter to the same. Settle on the mid point. That'll clear the black smoke. She sounds much too rich. I run mine a little toward the rich side in the hopes it runs cooler. The side screw is the same method but for throttle closed.

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Good advice Tuneup let us know if that helps Edgee. Sure is a nice looking all original!  The 857 is a favorite model of everyone around here. 

[Edgee 12]

On 8/3/2020 at 8:14 AM, Tuneup said:

Edgee - go ahead and trim the carburetor adjustments. At full throttle, turn the top screw clockwise to the point of stumble and then counter to the same. Settle on the mid point. That'll clear the black smoke. She sounds much too rich. I run mine a little toward the rich side in the hopes it runs cooler. The side screw is the same method but for throttle closed.

Tried it and that did the trick. Thanks 

[Tuneup 1,433]

That's a special machine! Glad it's back to purring.