308-8 ignition switch

[Guest 88vic]

Need a part number or if anyone has a good used one that will work on a 1986 308-8, let me know, thanks !

[953 nut 51,485]

Being a 1986 you should have a battery ignition system which uses a 103 990 ignition switch.

[gwest_ca-(File Mod) 10,478]

I have to ask this because I don't have time right now to look it up.

Does the 308-8 in 1986 have battery ignition or magneto ignition?

The wrong switch could have devastating results.

I know some 8hp Kohler's have magneto ignition.

 

Garry

 

A quick look found magneto ignition but will confirm later if someone else does not

 

[tunahead72 2,332]

Good catch, Garry!

 

Everything I have for the 1986 308-8 shows a magneto ignition. This includes the operator's manual (810437R1), and the parts & service manual (810405R1), plus various wiring diagrams I've seen here.  The ignition switch shown in the P&S manual is part number 111215.

 

@WHEELHORSEFAN3 You should check carefully to make sure yours is a 1986 model. There's a VIN plate on your tractor, on the rear fender just below the front of the seat.  A 1986 model will be either 21-08K801 or 21-08K802.

 

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EDIT:

 

By the way, you can't always believe everything you read in the manuals, or anywhere for that matter.  The operator's manual and parts & service manual I mentioned earlier both list the engine for the 1986 308-8 as a Kohler K-series, but the model list we have here on the forum says it should be a Kohler Magnum.  Can anybody confirm?

 

I suppose the only real way to answer @WHEELHORSEFAN3 is to check the actual switch on the tractor.  Are you comfortable unhooking your battery and unplugging the switch for a closer look?  Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the switch for a magneto system will have 6 terminals, the switch for a battery ignition will have 5.

 

Edited April 5, 2019 by tunahead72
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[gwest_ca-(File Mod) 10,478]

Everything I see says it is the M-Series of engines used in all 308-8 models. 

The 420-LSE and the 718-Z zero turn also got the M-Series in 1986.

All other Kohler powered models used the K-Series engine.

 

Here is the switch we think is used in the 308-8. Click on the picture for more pictures

Garry

[953 nut 51,485]

According to the list the 1985 and 1986 310-8 used K series, 1987 started the M series engines. Check out section 9, Engines , in the 1986 manual.

 

 

Edited April 5, 2019 by 953 nut

[953 nut 51,485]

4 hours ago, tunahead72 said:

The operator's manual and parts & service manual I mentioned earlier both list the engine for the 1986 308-8 as a Kohler K-series, but the model list we have here on the forum says it should be a Kohler Magnum.  Can anybody confirm?

The list indicates K series too.

Edited April 5, 2019 by 953 nut

[Guest 88vic]

I have a magneto ignition,  I recently replaced the coil. The switch is a 6 prong.  M8 Kohler engine. 

[Guest 88vic]

The switch feels funny when turning the key, nothing happens. The innards probably gave out, im guessing its original.  Gotta love electrical. 

[953 nut 51,485]

25 minutes ago, WHEELHORSEFAN3 said:

M8 Kohler engine.

103 991 in that case.

[gwest_ca-(File Mod) 10,478]

18 hours ago, 953 nut said:

The list indicates K series too.

Don't see the mistake in the above chart unless someone has corrected it. Does not show the file being updated.

The IPL does have the K-Series listed but the spec number is for the M8S. Made a note on the file description page for Section 09 Engines.

 

Garry

[Guest 88vic]

[Guest 88vic]

Tool Crib hooked me up with an original switch, she fired up and came alive. Got some of the Horses out to stretch their legs. 

[Guest 88vic]

If you look closely, there is actually 6 wheel horses in this picture. 3 of them are hiding.