I bought it from the original owner and it has been garage kept it's entire life. The tractor was only used as a mower up until last year when the engine lost compression, a test today showed it at only 30psi. The owners son, who makes his living repairing marine engines, scoped the cylinder and said the piston and cylinder look good, it is suspected there is a valve issue causing the problem. I don't know much about these cast iron 8hp Kolher engines, so a little research is in order before I tear into it.
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Johnnie Watkins
All original Model 800, what else could I want?
"Thought I was wrong about something along about three years ago, but as it turns out I was only slightly mistaken."
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