[AT] kholer / coil

[Greg Hass]

Yes, we replaced the condensor several times.  In fact, one time on my 
brother's machine (a day after replacing the points and condensor), it quit 
in the middle of his yard on his way to feed his cattle.  We checked point 
gap, etc. and in deperation we finally put the old condensor back on.  It 
ran fine.  The new condensor had lasted one day.  During the time we had 
them, each of us had replced the coil with an original equipment Kohler 
coil, and it didn't help the situation any.  On the advice of our parts 
supplier, we even went to a heavy duty set of points which had a stronger 
spring.  We also tried to get a solid state ignition replacement for this 
engine, but none is available.  Due to its design (a 2-cylinder engine), 
both plugs fire at once - one at the end of compression and one at the end 
of exhaust.  This also caused a problem in that if one plug got wet, 
neither one would fire.  We finally came to the conclusion it was just a 
bad design by Kohler.

Greg Hass
Bad Axe, MI