Kohler rant

[ford2go]

OK, I've got to do this. I have a new Cub Cadet with a Kohler Courage engine. I've had K series Kohlers for years, and they're great. The Courage seems fine, but I have a little issue with it. The carb and fuel pump are behind the base of the air cleaner. (you can access the carb adjustments OK). In the manual it says to not remove the air cleaner base unless you have to. What the bleep. The base is held in place by a couple of nuts. But!, for some unknown reason, you also have to take out the stud that aligns the carburetor. Also, if you take off the base, you have to readjust the throttle settings. Kohler has been making good engines for years -- usually there's a reason for a difficult disassembly . In this case, I can only think that they did it for cost. Otherwise, they would have made removing the air cleaner base the simple job that you'd think it would be.

[Nitramjr]

It isn't one of those cheap, foreign made motors that will blow up well before you have to worry about adjusting the carb or changing the air-cleaner, is it?

I was looking at snow-blowers the other day and the motors have no name at all on them. Gee, I wonder where they were made?

[Lead Head]

The Kohler Courage engines are decent enough engines, but you also have to remember they are Kohler's "value" line of engines. Their Command engines are their premium line these days, I'm not sure if the Commands are any easier to work on however.