AHS 1,665 #1 Posted Sunday at 11:17 PM 11/16/25 I was going to look at a 314-8 with a BerVac 46” snowblower and a 42” RD (pretty mint!). 462 hrs!! He was the original owner and had all the paperwork from when it was new. So, we struck a killer of a deal. Did I mention that he said it hadn’t run in 6 or 7 years?! I rolled the dice, (I mean, hey it was a Kohler!!) I got it home. It was snowy out but i got the mouse nest out from under the motor tin and i pushed it back into the garage for the winter. Till today!! I did all the usual… cleaned out the tank, put in a new shut off valve, new lines, filter and primer bulb. I rebuilt the fuel pump and cleaned out the carb. There may have been a few things i forgot in there. But, primed the motor and it fired right to life!! It was a bit Smokey at first, 30 seconds into it and it didn’t smoke a bit! I made it around the yard once and the drive belt had had enough, it was toast!! 8 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AHS 1,665 #2 Posted Sunday at 11:21 PM Here’s a video of it running after 3 minutes, (if you can see the video) IMG_5520.mov 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
My_horse 97 #3 Posted yesterday at 12:35 AM Looks like mine! Have fun with it. I have the bervac rear weight bracket and weights for mine when I used the blower. I just have the single stage WH blower. The weights pretty much make it unstoppable! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 78,063 #4 Posted yesterday at 08:31 AM 9 hours ago, AHS said: Fired right to life Niiiiice 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AHS 1,665 #5 Posted yesterday at 11:23 AM 10 hours ago, My_horse said: Looks like mine! Have fun with it. I have the bervac rear weight bracket and weights for mine when I used the blower. I just have the single stage WH blower. The weights pretty much make it unstoppable! Ya, the weights and chains were thrown in with it! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Retired Wrencher 6,546 #6 Posted 13 hours ago AHS: That looks like a great worker for you. Keep checking things until you feel you have all the bugs out. Enjoy the ride. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AHS 1,665 #7 Posted 6 hours ago 6 hours ago, Retired Wrencher said: AHS: That looks like a great worker for you. Keep checking things until you feel you have all the bugs out. Enjoy the ride. Yes! I was worried about the tranny belt, cause it hadn’t been driven in so long!! Well the belt is in pieces!! I got a new belt ordered. I have snowblowed / mowed with an ‘00 312, i got rid of that. The 314 is next!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sqrlgtr 2,437 #8 Posted 4 hours ago (edited) On 4/12/2026 at 7:17 PM, AHS said: it fired right to life!! Always a great feeling. I have a 99 (I think) 312-8 that must be its little bro looks just like yours with them fancy floorboards and such . I didnt relize how much better I liked the 8" front wheels better than the 6" until I got them beside each other. Anyone know what year they went back to the 8" wheels. Edited 4 hours ago by sqrlgtr 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OutdoorEnvy 1,808 #9 Posted 4 hours ago Great work! It's satisfying on so many levels to bring one back to life and put it back to work! Good on ya! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
