Ok folks, I'm sorry for the delay in this update. I've been very busy over the past 2 weeks and haven't had much time to do anything with my Cubs other than mowing the lawn with my 106 a few times. But I'm back to finally update this, so here goes nothing.
So I thought the whole thing over for quite a while, and I have a game plan now for this project. After much consideration, I decided that even if there's nothing wrong with the con rod or crankshaft, I'm still going to swap the 12 in so I can get the 10 rebuilt. My reasoning here is that even if there's nothing wrong with the crankshaft or rod, there's still 3 other issues that need to be addressed and can only be properly addressed with a complete teardown.
The issues are:
-Massive piston slop because of a poor rebuild in the past
-moisture problem, water builds up in the crankcase (none of my other Kohlers do this)
-governor still does not seem to work right despite numerous adjustments
The governor might be fixable without a teardown but the other 2 aren't, especially not the piston slop. I'd rather have it be a good, solid engine that I can guarantee will last a very long time, than an okay engine that needs to be run constantly to avoid water buildup in the crankcase, as well as no clue how long it'll last running with such large piston slop.
Tomorrow is my day off, so I will waste no time at all pulling the k241 and getting the k301 installed. Gonna completely strip the 241 of shrouds, exhaust, fuel system, starter, and head, and move it to the k301 so that there's no obvious sign that its a different engine. Unfortunately there's not much I can do about the oil dipstick, which is located on the cam gear cover instead of the top of the crankcase.
The k301 came out of my parts tractor, and I guess it ran a few years ago when the machine was driven back into the weeds behind the property and parked to await further attention, but that attention never came. Hopefully it should be good enough to run the 107, which doesn't require too much since I don't really work the tractor. Hopefully the governor will be much better on the k301 too.
Well, wish me luck, I'll be updating from here on in my 'Tearing further into the 107' thread
