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Originally Posted by MattinmMichigan
If I knew what I was doing I would my be on here confusing the heck out of us . what I was trying to figure out is the compression stroke and making sure that I was breaking the points at the right time so that I have fire so it will run . My ohm meter is digital so it is either measuring resistance or o.l. Open line what I hope is that as I was turning the crank it was measuring resistance and when it hit the sp mark it broke the points which my ohm meter goes to o.p. . Is that right ?
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I'm old school.....I grew up on engines that had points and condensers. I do not use any ohm-volt meter or timing light when I set the points on a Kohler K series engine. Best you can do is put the ohm meter or timing light back in the tool box. The cam has a lobe that opens and closes the points. It fires the spark plug once during the 4 stroke process (power stroke). On old Briggs engine the points are open and closed of the crank. It fires the spark plug twice during the 4 stroke process.
It is easier to set points by doing it my way. While watching the points-points push rod I will rotate the crank until the points are open are far as they can open. Using a feeler gage set your points so they have a .017 to .018 gap. Your Kohler should start and run.
You can do one of the following:
1. Run as it is
2. There is a slot in the points that you can fine tune your Kohler while the engine is running.
3. Find max point gap and change the thickness of the point gap.
This is the way I have done it for almost 50 years.