‘99 314-8 i got it running!!

[AHS 1,671]

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!!

[AHS 1,671]

Here’s a video of it running after 3 minutes, (if you can see the video)

[My_horse 97]

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!  

[ebinmaine 78,064]

9 hours ago, AHS said:

Fired right to life

Niiiiice 

[AHS 1,671]

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!

[Retired Wrencher 6,547]

AHS: That looks like a great worker for you. Keep checking things until you feel you have all the bugs out. Enjoy the ride.

[AHS 1,671]

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!!!

[sqrlgtr 2,445]

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 13 hours ago by sqrlgtr

[OutdoorEnvy 1,810]

Great work!  It's satisfying on so many levels to bring one back to life and put it back to work!  Good on ya!  

[AHS 1,671]

5 hours ago, OutdoorEnvy said:

Great work!  It's satisfying on so many levels to bring one back to life and put it back to work!  Good on ya!  

I have this problem! Will it run? How cheap can i get for? Ive got Wheelhorse / Toro problems!!! Ive got “wheelhorse”,’toro’ and “Wheel horse” in my marketplace finds. I have Wheelhorse problems, i need to seek help!!! BUT!!! There’s always 1 other guy who has 15+ Wheelhorses… and i think, “nah it’ll be fine!!”

[SylvanLakeWH 30,976]

 

[AHS 1,671]

6 hours ago, sqrlgtr said:

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.

I don’t know if you could get the 8” wheels specifically? Im assuming that it whatever the dealer had? I think* the 310 and the 312s were 6”? Im almost certain one you got into the 314s, and the 99+ 315 they had 8” front wheels. Ive had plenty of 310s and 312s with 6” front wheels. There may have been 310s or 312s that had 8” front wheels!!