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well after a 5 hr drive, and some interesting moments loading and unloading from the back of a disco! this is now parked in my garden. at a first glance its a little daunting, but the engine turns over and the carb and tank is spotless. full set of wheel weights and the gearbox appears to work but the clutch and brake pedals are seized solid, the brake pads have rusted to the drum and the clutch linkage and steering rods are gone, thottle and choke cables have had it, the slot hitch is seized solid and lift rod has rusted though as has the battery tray! however it was love at first sight and she will be saved :) ! if anyones got a kohler 141 workshop manual they could email me i would be eternally grateful, and if anyones got any of the bits missing that were listed above and are willing to part company please let me know :D cheers 

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Love it! Now that's what I call a Wheel Horse; I just dig those earlier ones.

 

Will you repaint it or leave it as is apart from going over the running gears and engine.

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first jobs gonna be getting it moving under its own power, then we shall see, the bonnets got a lovely patina, but the the wings and battery tray need some welding work done so it'll probally be a full respray job, plus i have never owned a nice shiny one so this might be my chance :)

 

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2 hours ago, Triumph66 said:

 

 

It it could be worse, it could be magnolia! 

now theirs an idea,i think i'v got some in the shed........might keep costs down. seriously though i am giving the owatrol some serious thought

 

gearbox is now free.....i can push it around which makes life easier, in theory with a new drive belt and the clutch mechanism repaired its drivable (in the roughest sense of the word) all that appeared to be wrong wrong was that the brake mechanism had welded itself together with corrosion, the band is completely shot as is the lining so one of those needs to be sourced, but i'm gonna start on the clutch mechanism tomorrow or the steering.. :D

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not too bad.....bit milky of course....but not awful....no worse than the c-120s when i bought them, have filled it with a mix of coca cola anddiesel at the moment, to flush it out a bit. :D 

 

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well, had a bit of a session this morning, free'ed up the  steering drop arms with some help from a blow lamp and some wd40, greased them and they now move as free as a bird, steering column is still a bit tight, (some sort of bronze/brass bushing in there?)  rear panel work is off, not one bolt would undo despite 2 days soaking in penetrating fluid and 3 in 1 oil, they have all sheared despite my best efforts, so will be drilling and re-tapping a lot during reassembly!  the clutch mechanism is now working with the exception of the return spring and idler pulley, the bearing in this is stuck solid and the pulley "V" has rotted out in places. Had a brief look at the slot hitch and this is rusted solid, anyone got any tips on how get the pin out without damaging the gearbox or hitch? 

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I'm with Norm on the drilling, nearly everyone I've had ive had to drill the pin out.

the brake band are easy to make with flat steel and bond a lining on it with adhesive.

its a nice project and your making good progress with it

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That is an extremely rare model here in UK, congrats on finding it,  if you keep an eye open on US eBay quite often panels come up for sale. Most of the panels are interchangeable between models , I notice that the tool box has rotten through and also the hood dash has quite some rust , great if you can repair the hood . I agree this would look awesome if kept original patina . I have a 1961 suburban that is in a similar condition but I intend to keep original patina.

If you pop over to Redsquare you should be able to download a copy of the Kohler manual for and a manual for the 604 .

looking forward to this one come together.

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