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This is why you check under the covers

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JoeM    7,608

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Picked up this 310 the other day and was doing some PM's. Checked under the motor tins and wow, this one was pretty bad!

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953 nut    51,536

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:text-yeahthat:              Wouldn't take too long for that to catch fire!

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roadapples    6,981

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Thought you found a 🐍 in your bed...:ychain:

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Digger 66    3,476

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1 hour ago, roadapples said:

Thought you found a 🐍 in your bed...:ychain:

 

 

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BOB ELLISON    2,976

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Every tractor I buy I pull the tins just for that reason. 

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WVHillbilly520H    10,369

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6 hours ago, 953 nut said:

:text-yeahthat:              Wouldn't take too long for that to catch fire!

I don't know , I ran this Kohler MV17 for nearly an hour before the coil lost one cylinder on dad's Cub Cadet a couple weeks ago, just replaced the coil today then the carb started acting up, Jeff.

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WHNJ701    4,164

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I bought a complete kohler cheap on ebay and shipped up from the south, guy said it lost spark, here it was loaded with crusty snails got under the flywheel, easy fix

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