Trash-picked Kohler leaf blower

I trash-picked this old leaf blower a while ago, it runs pretty nicely, and starts first pull every time, it usually doesnt stall out like that when i start it but it was still too cold and when I gave it throttle. I dont know the year, but id guess 70s. The rings are bad so it smokes when its cold, but once it warms up it stops smoking

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Autos & Vehicles

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• trash
• picked
• trashpicked
• giant
• vac
• kohler
• k181
• 8hp
• engine
• leaf
• blower
• cold
• start

[dexterro6010]

I have the same blower, only with a 7HP. Mine doesn't smoke though; was rebuilt sometime in its life.

[motox458]

@dexterro6010 kohler makes great engines, especially for all of the abuse this one endured, my neighbor used to own it, he messed with the governor to make it run way faster than it should have, but still runs great, just smokes when it's cold

[1944johndeerel]

i cant quite read your serial # clearly, but if its a 7 digit serial # and your first 2 digits are 43 which is what i can make out of the blurry image, your blower is a 1972 model. if your serial # is 6 digets it will have a letter before it. the letter stands for the year of mfg.

[motox458]

it is a seven digit and the first digits are 43, thanks for the info, i wasn't sure how to read the date code on a kohler, but i figured it was somewhere around the 70s

[chatrkat]

great find!

[motox458]

thanks, works great :)

[th19940305]

nice find, put in some new rings and you can get $150 for it. But what is a big blower like this used for

[NomaDairy]

sweet Wish I had a 8HP kohler for my Massey Ferguson 8. 5 stars

[1944johndeerel]

cool! i have a kohler repair manual for the k series engines and there is a section on how to find the year.

[FreezEntertainment]

pretty nice deal

[GarrettJDB]

awesome

[Wallabydam]

man that is a nice find, wish there were a few around here, saves your back for sure.