Check the valves. Could be a bent push rod or bad rocker arm.

Nice haul. That will keep you busy

More mowers for you to get running again riding mower king 👑

This may be a rare occurrence, but likely not the only one. Lectric may recognize this as a possible failure if it gets reported enough times.

"water laying in it"; I agree

Nice looking portable torch that you got riding with King 👑

That machine has been totally abused it's whole life. Properly maintained, those engines run for a long time. John deere sold those same exact units and stocks parts for them. They are homeowner quality, definitely not commercial, but much cheaper and all some people really need to maintain an acre or less yard.

Fix that plug

Was definitely easier attaching to the lever first. Was like a 3 minute job and it was my first time.

Very helpful repair vidoe. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience. lots of repair videos on your channel, are you up for a collaboration? Hipa supplies parts for small engines and maybe we would work together to help more people in the community.

I think the powermore engine is better than a single cylinder kohler 😮

It’s a tuff sale to people who have credit card but easy if they lost their credit line 😮

The earliest way is to drill a 5/8 hole on right rear to get to the bolt and then it’s a 10 minute job from now on

Thank you for the heads up on the koler engine so a replacement engine for that scrub cadet huh. Chris from OHIO gooooooo Buckeyes beat Michigan

By any chance can I get info on the pto belt and the deck belt I can’t seem to find them.

I would agree that water likely sat in that cyl at some point.

The casting was/is porous? I'm thinking that is a factory defect.

That's what you get with the cheap home center, "John Deeres." basically its just a rebadged Huskavarna that John Deere allowed to have their name put on, the real ones have a completely different motor...

I’d just get it running to test out the transmission

Results of corn cheap gasoline 😢😢😢

I’ve have several come in shop with so much carbon on top of piston that it broke the top side off to top ring and damaged the cylinder 😢😢

That piston is definitely covered by carbon 😮

It never seems to go as planned :) I'm so tired of crawling under these things, first thing I always do is tackle em up and hoist them 6 feet up in the air, so I can at least cuss them without my back hurting.

Thank you for this explanation...

It's a mistake by men at work fits this video on the mistakes of engine oil seal replacement

Every riding mower of any type needs a manual fuel cut off valve If it catches a fire you can cut fuel off or it will feed the fire for a total loss 😮😮😮

Thanks for the update and information Keep the videos coming were watching every one 😊😊😊

You got a lot of work to do riding mower King 👑

So very true on these single cylinder Courages, I've had them in my shop, Craftsman, Cub, Husqvarna and even older Gravely's. Actually have a Gravely ZT1640 out there now with a Courage 16hp. That's the smallest Courage I've seen so far. I still have my 2007 Cub LT1050 with a Courage V-twin 25hp that runs great to this day. Nice video sir.

My neighbour bought a cub cadet and I told him about those problems I help him to take the bolts out put lock tide and reinstall the bolts back . He checking the bols three times a years if they are tight. The cub is running good so far no cracks for the last five years.

Thanks

Thank you. My right handle bar has about 8” of play and I’m sure those use the same problem

Belt properly 😢. That’s what I find pretty regularly 😊

I can't believe your gonna let that plug coil and exhaust problem ride!!😢

That is definitely a classic mower that you have

I've done some research ( I hope it's true) after mine, blew a small hole beside the sump seal (It was only 72 hours old), Apparently, a lot of Kholer Courage from around 2007 to 2011, were assembled by robots so, something might've went wrong, in the assembly line OR, I found out, the oil to be use, has to contain zinc. Maybe the wrong type of oil was responsible for it's demise. Who knows ?

I used the Taryl fix on a 1045 my father gave me - a modified c clamp holding the block together. It’s been in service for many years and several hundred hours morenow with only the occasional checking of the bolts to be sure they’re still tight.

Kohler recently sold off the engine division to a private equity company -

Yup, I had the same crack in the same location, on my 2007 19HP Z4200. First thought the oil leak was from the loose crank cover bolts, and didn't see the crack because it was so dirty. Still leaked, and cleaned it up and found the crack. Put some J-B weld on it until I got a new engine, a B&S EX1900 durable. Mower still has a lot of life to it, so we'll see how long the new engine lasts.

I have Husqvarna LT151 - 13 years old with same Kohler Courage engine. Only issue I have had so far is that governor exploded (plastic was getting old in the governor gear). Thankfully it did not take anything else with it, took it apart and cleaned up the engine guts and installed new governor. So far no cracks or any other issues. When I assembled engine back together I did add some threadlocker to those bolts, to avoid them running loose. Good lawn mower and I don't plan to replace it any time soon. Great video explaining the issue thought! Gonna go and buy a lottery ticket now. :)

I have a 2013 husqvarna with the kholer engine in it, didnt change the oil until last season, still runs like a champ, ill go look at the hours in a bit

2:30 Please do !

I had a cub cadet 1864 with a v twin kohler command engine and it was awesome! I put straight pipes on it and took it mud bogging

The wife's Cub has one of those Courage engines. I think you've pointed out one of the biggest design flaws that nobody is talking about. The issue with the top bolts was easy to fix with some loctite but her engine threw the internal balancer assembly thru side of the block. That's the other flaw nobody seems to be talking about. I think that's why Kohler discontinued these. To their credit they did provide a new short block but only if it was installed by a repair shop, the shop installation cost was over $400. I kinda wish now that I had just replaced it with a Briggs or a Kohler Command vertical. I guess when this one goes that's what I'll do.

Definitely not a fan of these motors, as you said they are extremely prone to many issues, some being unfixable, but iv got one at 680 hours still going strong at 12 years old lol. Im just waiting for it to die at this point but it keeps on going with no real signs of giving other than some blow-by. I wonder if it having a proper oil pump over an oil slinger like the briggs helps it live longer (ignoring the auto loosening bolts/cracking block)

My neighbor had a Cub Cadet ran it a long time lots of hours , he did some welding on his Kohler Courage had loose bolts etc. he was offered a new short block if the dealer did the work , he took the offer and sold it bought a John Deere 4 wheel steer tractor which is still running strong

Doesn't anybody try welding them? Good video

As Taryl says, It's a bucket of fecal aka bucket o crap. The sump cover bolts work loose and contact the flywheel and bye bye engine.

Seems like a guy could put a briggs on that

FYI, I have a ''green tractor'' LT155 with the original Kohler 17hp from 1999 with no leaks or cracks.