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Roanoker494

My first Wheel Horse, very nice 1985 312-8

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Wheel Horse Kid

That is cool that you were able to get all of the original manuals!

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Arrowhead

Very nice machine John.

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Duff

as stated allready regular maintance,especially air filters and engine oil,if you do them more often than not that kohler will out live you,i would change the rear end oil,it uses 80-90 weight gear oil,i beleive 2 quarts,its well worth doing to preserve the bearings,dont forget to grease all the zerks,and the mower ones are really important too do,i have a deck from 86 and the bearings are still orig because ever since i bought it new i greased it every other time i mow,just a few squirts and thats all she needs

That is another one of the best parts of this deal..... The feller changed all the fluids, greeased all the fittings and installed a new air filter before he brought it to me. Then he gave me a extra new Oregon brand air filter and filter wrap. The fluids in it looked fine to me but he insisted he wanted to do it. I bought myself one of those mini hand-held grease guns the other day just to keep everything greased up, I am planning to use the marine grade grease unless someone here has a better suggestion? Is there any particular brand and/or weight of oil that I should be using in the engine?

No problem with marine grade grease. For oil, the thinking around here from those with far more knowledge than I is to use a good quality HD 30 weight oil. Small hint, too: check your clutch and brake pedals and see of there's a grease fitting on them to keep them lubricated on the shafts. If not, it's really easy to drill and tap them and install fittings. I've gotten a couple of parts tractors where the pedals and shafts showed a lot of wear simply because there were no fittings and the PO's had obviously never taken them off, cleaned and lubed them. You've got a great machine there, so we'd love to see it run for another 25 years! Oh - does you machine have an in-line fuel filter? If not, that's another easy, inexpensive and incredibly worthwhile addition!

Duff :thumbs:

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