2005 Kohler Command CH22 engine blower housing

[VegetiveSteam]

There is one down below the voltage regulator and one in the same place on the other side also. You probably will have to use a wrench. I don't believe you'll be able to get a ratchet and socket in there.

 

[bentrim]

Plus the ones at top top that thread into the head there are two about half way down the sides if you have an oil cooler there is not one under the cooler but there is one on the other side and there are two at the bottom on each side, usually one grounds the regulator. There are none on the bottom. Of course the screen needs to be removed.

 

[My Hoe]

What is the purpose of pulling the blower housing?

To do the annual "mouse nest eviction" that will cook an air cooled engine if not removed?

 

[My Hoe]

I didn't bother looking up the model numbers to see if this is a vertical shaft engine or, as has been suggested, a horizontal shaft engine. On my 2005 Khohler V-Twin (I forget the model, but it's something like 24 hp on a Cub Cadet lawn tractor with a 54" belly mower) I seem to remember a bolt near the bottom of the engine, possibly where the oil dipstick tube mounts? Or possibly near the starter motor?

Also, as was mentioned, the SCREEN bolts (up on top of the engine, over the flywheel) may also have to be removed.

As I get older, I can say that wearing a headlight (literally) and reading glasses are becoming requirements in situations like this. Between being able to clearly SEE, and carefully feeling what IS loose and what is not, you should have this knocked.

Also, FINDING A YOUTUBE video of this annual maintenance procedure, for your exact model, should not be difficult--or even a different model with the same engine.