How do you adjust the govenor on a 20 horse courage Kohler motor single cylinder

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In my opinion, (which doesn't count for much, I know) the 7hp Kohler Troy Bilt Horse tiller was the best tiller ever made. Those tillers lasted forever if they were taken care of. I've got one of the 8hp Kohler versions, but it's just not the same.

It's become a lot harder to find an engine to replace these engines. You'll most certainly want to go to a Briggs and Stratton dealer and have them look it up. You need a 3/4" crank, 2 7/8" long with a keyway, tapped for a bolt to hold on the pulley and reverse disc. IF you find an engine to fit, you'll likely need to have a custom throttle cable made up to replace the current one. A good small engine dealer should be able to help you.

Now for the bad news. The 7hp Kohler was a cast iron engine. Any replacement engine you find will likely be an aluminum block with a cast iron sleeve and therefore, much lighter. What this means is the balance of the tiller, from front to back, is going to be thrown off. The result is - it will be MUCH harder to pick up the rear of the tiller when you want to turn at the end of the garden. You will most likely need to either put on one of the bumpers (if you can find one to fit) or figure out a way to hang some weight on the engine. I've seen people do some creative things to get the balance back. Whatever you do, it just won't be the same as that great 7hp Kohler. I'd suggest trying to rebuild it - if possible!

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Take the wires off the switch, and use a jumper wire between them(simulates the switch being closed.) Do this on one, if it doesn't work, move to the next one, etc until it spins over. If you want, you can even splice them together, or get some spade connectors and make permanent jumpers like most people do. Just don't do anything that the switches are supposed to protect against, like getting up off the seat and putting your fingers under the deck, or starting it in gear, or whatever.

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SOURCE: MY NEIGHBOR KOHLER COURAGE 20 LTX1045 WILL TURN

check and see if it's getting spark by removing the plug from the engine and keeping it plugged into the wire,lay the plug on the head and turn the engine over and look to see if the spark is jumping accross the gap. if it's blue your ok if it yellow you'll have to replace ignition modual..good luck

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Sounds internal something broke

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readjust the intake and exhaust valves every 300 running hours to elimanate this problem