what year and model is my wheel horse

[kjcspencer 4]

Newbie here, I have a C-165 and am looking for information on exactly what I have as well as any other information available.  There is an "ID Number" located on tag under the dash.  It reads 1116K801 with a space and then Z8603. The engine is Kohler model K341, Spec 71179, serial 2229505963.  Have no history as it came with a place I purchased.  Mower deck is pretty rotted out & will need to be replaced at some point.  

 It runs well & my thoughts are to just use it but part of me wants to fix it up and then use it some more.  

[Sparky-(Admin) 25,579]

Heres what ya have... 

     11-16K801 1984 C Series Garden Tractor C-165 8-Speed Kohler K341AS-71311A 16 Wheel Horse 103916.

 

 

 Mike.....

[KC9KAS 4,746]

@kjcspencer  to  from another Hoosier!

[Retired Wrencher 6,732]

 Enjoy your C-165. These are great working tractors. You can do a lot with these lots of power there. Just take care of it. Print out all the manuals for it. There is a great Manuals section here.This will make it easy to keep all the PM`s  up to date.

Edited August 1, 2017 by Retierd Wrencher

[SylvanLakeWH 31,556]

 

Love the Black Hood 's!!!

[gwest_ca-(File Mod) 12,281]

Not that it matters but the Z8603 tractor serial number will be 28603.

The 71179 spec number is not original to the tractor but is a service replacement engine Kohler made in 1992.

Should give you many many years of service.

 

Garry

[kjcspencer 4]

Awesome response, thanks to all!  Thanks Garry for the information;  taking a very close look at ID tag on tractor does show it is a "2" & not a Z,  Also good to know about engine age as well.  The ID tag on it does look a little different than a few other Kohler Engine tags I saw on this site.  So much good information to be found here, I will take some time, get manuals downloaded, and do my research.  This is going to be a little work but fun too.