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[Jason DeJoode]

I got some good advice from Neil Yerigan about points.  Even when new, clean 
the point surfaces with alcohol to remove any residue and then polish them 
up with a nice crisp dollar bill.

I miss him, but his advice can live on.

Jason

Eagan, MN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Britton" <c.britton at worldnet.att.net>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:41 PM
Subject: [AT] kholer / coil


> While it was probably an incorrect coil specified for that unit, did you 
> replace the condensor?  Bad condensors = short point life.
>
> Soundguy
>
>>From: Greg Hass <gkhass at avci.net>
>>My skidsteer had a Kohler K-582S engine.  I put up with that piece of junk
>>for 22 years.  Points would last from 3 hours to 100 hours.  The first set
>>gave out at 100 hours of use.  (I bought the machine new.)  My brother had
>>the same model machine, but got rid of his after 5 years because of point
>>problems which gave him a lot of trouble.  We (and the dealers) went
>>through the books several times, looking for causes and suspecting a
>>resister.  The books all said the coil had an internal resister, and thus
>>no other resister was required.   We tried everything (including replacing
>>the coil with a new one - $90) and nothing worked.  Thank God I'm finally
>>rid of that piece of junk.  (The engine, not the skidsteer.)  It got
>>replace with a 24hp Honda engine.
>>Greg Hass
>>Bad Axe
>
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