watchinggoodman
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Let me try to make a long story short.
I have a Kohler CV730 on my FX2500 Dixie Chopper. A couple of weeks ago it started running rough and leaking a lot of oil. When I took it down the guts of one of the lifter was in the valve cover, the rocker loose and rotated (undamaged) and the push rod loose (undamaged). It looks like the lifter sir clip failed causing the problem.
I was prepared to replace the head gaskets because of the oil leakage which I did with the updated kohler gaskets with no surprises on the R&R.
While I had it torn down I took the coils and flywheel off and replaced the upper crankcase seal (no leakage, just while I had it down). After replacing the seal and flywheel I also installed the new updated coils which I gapped and I have spark.
Its important to note while the flywheel was off I turned the engine over several times inspecting the camshaft lobe and valves for damage etc.
Now that it is all back together I'm having trouble getting it started. The little bit of running that its done has been rough - it was running better before I took it down and replace the broken lifter and head gaskets. When trying to start it, it sound to me like an engine 180 degrees out of time.
So here's my question: Is it possible that the engine is out of time because of removing the flywheel, turning the engine over several time, and then replacing the flywheel with no regard on my part to the fact that I could get it out of time? I just assumed that because the flywheel and crankshaft were key wayed that the flywheel could only go on in time with the crank. I'm stumped.
Thanks
I have a Kohler CV730 on my FX2500 Dixie Chopper. A couple of weeks ago it started running rough and leaking a lot of oil. When I took it down the guts of one of the lifter was in the valve cover, the rocker loose and rotated (undamaged) and the push rod loose (undamaged). It looks like the lifter sir clip failed causing the problem.
I was prepared to replace the head gaskets because of the oil leakage which I did with the updated kohler gaskets with no surprises on the R&R.
While I had it torn down I took the coils and flywheel off and replaced the upper crankcase seal (no leakage, just while I had it down). After replacing the seal and flywheel I also installed the new updated coils which I gapped and I have spark.
Its important to note while the flywheel was off I turned the engine over several times inspecting the camshaft lobe and valves for damage etc.
Now that it is all back together I'm having trouble getting it started. The little bit of running that its done has been rough - it was running better before I took it down and replace the broken lifter and head gaskets. When trying to start it, it sound to me like an engine 180 degrees out of time.
So here's my question: Is it possible that the engine is out of time because of removing the flywheel, turning the engine over several time, and then replacing the flywheel with no regard on my part to the fact that I could get it out of time? I just assumed that because the flywheel and crankshaft were key wayed that the flywheel could only go on in time with the crank. I'm stumped.
Thanks