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Okay, definitely need to check that I never checked compression hot,

Okay, will give it a try. I doubt that's it, when it gets hot and dies it will not fire off even on ether, I only know of loss of compression or ignition firing that would do it. I just do not know why it would lose compression when hot. Everything in the ignition system has been replaced...

Okay, I will try to locate then, I had to search for months before I located a head. I found a rebuilt kit that had new valves, gaskets, rings and bearings but no head bolts.

Thanks, I definitely will check it out.

Okay, I will give the compression another try. The engine has had 2 new carbs put on it plus I remounted the old carb on it last week just to try it, it ran worse with the original carb.

I have a dwell meter for setting the points in my Chevelle, which sets at 30 degrees. Would it be possible to just hook it up to the coil and ground it like o my car? If so how many degrees would it need to be set at.

That might have been why it blew the spark plug out of the head 7 years ago. I set the points with a feeler, but the Kohler shop put their points in it since I used ones from Amazon.

I honestly do not remember what I set them at, I think .009 intake and .018 exhaust. I do remember the keepers were a pain to reinstall.

I only set the points with a feeler gauge, however since I purchased the parts from Amazon the Kohler Certified shop installed their points, condenser, coil, and spark plug and made all adjustments. I did reuse the old head bolts, but if the gasket was leaking would it not show on a compression...

I have a 82, 314 John Deere that used to be my late fathers. Six years ago, I was mowing, it overheated and blew the spark plug out of the head ruining it, I got another mower and it set in the garage until last fall. After a lot of searching, I found a new head and gasket and for good measure...