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When you're over 70 I was standing at the bar one night, minding my own business. This fat ugly chick came up behind me, grabbed my ass and said, "You're kind of cute you got a phone number?" I said, "Yea you gotta pen?" She said "Yea", I got a pen". I said, "You better get back in it before the farmer misses you". When you are over seventy . . . Who Cares? Cowboy: "Give me 3 packets of condoms, please." Cashier: "Do you need a paper bag with that, sir?" Cowboy: "Nah.. She's purty good lookin'....." When you are over seventy, who Cares? I was talking to a girl in the bar last night. She said, "If you lost a few pounds, had a shave and got your hair cut, you'd look all right." I said, "If I did that, I'd be talking to your friends over there instead of you." When you are over seventy, whocares ? I was telling a girl in the pub about my ability to guess what day a woman was born just by feeling her boobs. "Really" she said, "Go on then...try." After about thirty seconds of fondling she began to lose patience and said, "Come on, what day was I born?" I said, "Yesterday." When you are over seventy, whocares? I got caught taking a pee in the swimming pool today. The lifeguard shouted at me so loud, I nearly fell in. When you are over seventy, whocares? I went to the pub last night and saw a fat chick dancing on a table. I said, "Good legs." The girl giggled and said, "Do you really think so." I said, "Definitely! Most tables would have collapsed by now." When you are over seventy, whocares?

It might be worse here in the States as far as knowledge goes. Apparently a large number of people here believe the new Matt Damon movie" The Martian" is either a true story or based on a true story, in other words, we have people who believe we have been to Mars.

Absolutely beautiful fleet!

I wasn't trying to criticise all your hard work, but it would seem risky to get the engine down to that state and not mic and bore the cylinder. I would hate for you to get it running like a top, only to have the bottom of the skirt blow out, or the balance gears fly off. It would also seem like a lot of work to do this and then take it apart again to rebuild, but hey it is not my labor, only trying to give a little advice from someone that has been down that rode, some of the mistakes made by me due to inexperience, some made by a "trusted" mechanic. I guess I should have considered you might be on a tight schedule in repairing the engine. Best regards

I suppose asking whether or not you have fresh gas would be silly, so I'll ask if you have checked the condenser/coil

I can't help but want to drive and use ths machine, I'm going over to a thicket to knock down brush and sawgrass.

The cheaper after market parts aren't as much of an issue as the actual work done. The boring of the cylinder, it WILL have to be bored, the correct end spacing on the crank, the securing or removing of the balance gears, the installation of the piston, rod, and rings, etc. That said, I might buy still buy a aftermarket kit or a Kohler piston, rod, and ring, and maybe an aftermarket gasket set. The valves may be able to be reworked. If you can buy the original kohler parts from eBay that will save you money I have bought from Kevin as well for many years

Happy Birthday Iain, hope you had a very good day

Photos had plenty of light. Sometimes hard to get clarity, especially when picture is reduced

Oh my, around these parts a Tyke is a young person usually between 1 and 6. Now I understand the emoticon under the chair and pulling the chain were meant for Mark, not me.

I thought Mark was around my age , maybe a bit younger? Wait the guy under the chair and the pulling the rope, I'm guessing your winding me up

I would be happy to send you the rebuild instructions for the Kohler k341. While finding someone that knows about these engines is very helpful, reading and understanding the maintenance and rebuilding instructions is tantamount to saving the engine. It will do you no good to get the engine running and have it throw a rod through the block in a short time. What ever else I would do, I would at least mic the cylinder to see where you are, the same can be done on the crank as well. These measurements will tell you if you are running on borrowed time. Your biggest two worries are a rod breaking and the balance gears coming loose, if either of those things happen you can say goodbye to the engine. Good luck

It seems you came upon the gift that keeps on giving. How wonderful for you and others you able to share this good fortune with!

A new piston and rings in a untouched cylinder is a problem. Your engine is in excess of 30 years old, the wear on the engine was not only to the piston and rings, but more so to the rings and cylinder wall. The movement of the piston in the cylinder creates an out of round cylinder in the course of many years of use. It gets both out of round and tapers, by installing new rings you do slightly improve or actually reduces this clearance between the rings and cylinder, therefore increasing compression, but the new rings are round and the cylinder is not. In many cases installing new rings will snap the connecting rod as the increased pressure on the old rod and pin are substantially increased. That said, I would surmise that if your engine still contains the balance gears and was not rebuilt to standard, it is time to invest in doing so. The Kohler k341 is not as abundant as the k321 or k301 and if you want to keep it it around specific steps must be undertaken now that will prevent catastrophe in the future. Previous owners may have been penny wise, but pound foolish or relied on the advice of someone with no horse in the race, but if you find yourself in neither position, it is up to you how to proceed from here. I would start by realizing the engine was not brought to standards when worked on in the past and rectify that by doing so now. When you have the engine out, start by micing the cylinder wall and go from there. Remember measurements must be taken at the top, middle, and bottom of the cylinder. BTW, advice like this is why I have had problems on other forums, I say things some people would rather not hear. I hope you you hear that I have only good wishes for you and your engine. Good luck

Beautiful pieces of history

One day I hope to get one for the wife, she really likes the look of them, maybe then I can get her to start cutting some grass. It's not that she won't cut grass now, I just wont let her drive any of my machines. She doesn't even drive a car, why would I let her on one of my treasures? If she had her own machine she might keep me busy repairing it, but I don't mind, she mowed down all the bushes and flowers years ago. I may have to up my Insurance coverage

Sears did make tractors in red a few years before your Sears, in fact they made them in Orange, Blue, Red, and Yellow as well

Happy Birthday Norm, from 6 hour different time zone, you won't get this til tomorrow, over here you were still a year younger for part of the day

I like to think we are in the same service of saving old machines, in that respect I hope I have plenty of rivals and competition I restored the Bolens H16 and Massey MF-16, the rest are from original owners and were kept up nicely

It really depends on the length of your spindle. I have three upgrade applications depending on length. Let me know and I'll post the info

I washed and cleaned them all, soon I'll cover them with tarps

The front has 5.00-10 Deestone tires on 4-10 steel rims with cast iron four bolt shorty trailer hubs. the rears are 27-9-15 Maxxis Ceros ATV crossover tires on stock 15x7 Wheel Horse rims, all painted Wheel horse white which was matched from the inside of the rim.

Those were some very, very nice lumps of metal

done that before mate, i thought the grass had got tougher

I wasn't going to sell mine i was giving it away for the shipping cost, to help Joe out if I could. I always considered the forums a place to locate spares and advice. It's fortunate for you to have extra heads and know how to repair them. As previously stated, Joe's head is cracked in half? Is there a way to repair that?