Kohler K361 Manual page 4

What t he K422 is o ffering is a ter rifi c package. A j d to
th at the high c leara nce ba ffl i ng, ge ar drive el r c tr ic
st art, pressuri zed spray lu b ric atio n and auto rn ) tive
type o il pum p and you have an eng ine th at is q uit e a
va lue , and on e we 're p ro ud to have in the Kohl e line.
So that's w hat we ' re o ffe ri ng as add it ions
t r
o ur
al re ady ex te nsive lin e. I'm sure yo u 'll ag ree wi i
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me
th at
th
is is an im pressi ve gro up , a quarte t
th a:
w il l
reall y make an im pression o n the m arket.
Be st of al l, t hese are Ko hler engines.
With Kohl er qual ity
Ko hler d ura bility
and Ko hle r depe ndabi lity .
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tak e
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lo t o f p ride in our p ro du c t; we h o pe y o
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do ,
too .
iN SI E T HE K36 1
Th e K36 1 jo in s the ot he r eng ines i n t he 10 - 16
horse power group . Th e basi c versio n inco rpo
'ates
t he " q uie t", di rec ted air feat u res in tr odu ce
i
by
Ko h le r Co . i n 1973.
Th e K36 1 ha s a ful l c ast iron block l ike t he other
engin es in it s g ro up. T h e o nly real d ifference
i
1
th e
b lock is in th e cy linde r ba r re l ar ea. Since th e v l ives
ar e in l he hea d. t he cy lin de r bar rel is round w it l t he
p us h rod tubes o n th e side .
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PUSTI ROD
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T h e in tern al co mponen ts o f th e K36 1 are litt le
c hanged from the 14 and 16 ho rsepo w er engines
T h e mai n differen ces int
ernally are in th
e p iston and
co n nec ting rod to w ithstand highe r fa l c es. The
co nnect ing rod is forged alu mi nu m ins tead of
diecast. Th e pi st o n w il l rem ain s im ila r in appeara nc e
to the K341 pis to n w ith m ost of th e cha nges bein g o n
t he intern al rib s.
T he powe r and pe rfor man ce o f th e K36 1 are
p rimar ily due to the add it io n yo u see he re, th e
ov erhead valves. Th e dis placement o f the K361 is
ac tu ally th e sa me as th e K341 . Ho w ever, th e
o verhead valves imp rove th e f u el- ai r mixi ng and
bu rni ng c ha racteristics enough to provide an
add itio na l 2 - ho rsepow er and im pro ved "lu gg ing "
to rqu e.
T h is close-up sh ot sho w s t he components which
make up th e ov erhead valv e asse m bly . You will no te
t he ad j ust me nt pro vis ion o n the pus h ro d end of th e
rocke r arms . T he rem ainin g c o m po ne nts an d
syste ms of t he K36 1 are the sam e as those used o n
th e 14 an d 16 horsep ow er engi ne s.
IN SIDE T H E K422
As was st ate d in the o verview , th e K42 2 h as an
alu minu m cra nkcase . Here y o u see th e two di e c ast
p iec es w hic h c omp ri se t he c ra nkcase. By maki ng it
in two se para te pi eces. we are ab le to cast i n all t he
b osses and rib s re q uire d for stren gth .
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