Kohler K361 - Page 4

W hat the K422 is o ffering is a ter rifi c package . Aj d to
that the
high cleara nce baffl ing, ge ar drive elr ctric
start, pr essuri zed spray lubrication and auto rn) tive
type oil pum p and you have an engine that is quite a
value , and
on e we 're pro ud to have in the K ohl e line.
So t
hat's what we 're offe ring as add it ions tr our
alrea
dy exte nsiv e lin e. I'm sure yo u'll ag ree wi i 1 me
that th is is an im pr essive gr oup , a quar tet th a: wil l
reall y
make an im pr ession on the market.
Best of all, these are Ko hler engines .
W
ith Kohl er qual ity
Ko hler durab ility
and Ko hler depe ndabi lity .
\JI~ e tak e a lot of pride in our produ ct; we hope yo .J do ,
too .
iN SI E THE K361
Th e K36 1 joins the ot he r eng ines in the 10 - 16
ho rse power gro up . Th e basi c versio n i nco rpo 'ates
the "quiet", di rected air features intr odu ce i by
Kohler Co . in 1973.
Th e K36 1 has a
ful l cast iron blo ck like the other
engin es in its gro up. The only real d i ffere nce i 1 the
b
lock is in th e cy li nde r ba rrel area. Si nce the v l ives
are in l he head. the
cy linde r barrel is r ound wit l the
push rod
tube s on th e s ide .
K3GJ RW CK WITH PU ST I ROD ru nsa
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The in tern al co mpo nen ts of the K361 are litt le
c
hanged from the 14 and 16 horsepower engine s
The main
differen ces int e rnally are in th e p isto n and
co nnec ting rod to w iths tand highe r falces. The
co n nect ing rod is f or ged alu mi nu m ins tead of
diecas t. Th e pist on will rem ain sim ilar in a ppe ara nc e
to the K341
pis to n with most of th e cha nges bein g on
the int ern al ribs.
The powe r and pe rfor man ce of the K36 1 are
pr ima rily due to the a dd ition you see he re, th e
over
head valves. Th e dis p lac e ment of the K361 is
ac tua
lly the same as th e K341 . However, th e
overhead valves imp rove the fuel- air mixi ng and
bu rni ng cha
rac teristics e no ugh to provide an
add itio nal 2 - horse po wer and impro ved "lugging"
to
rqu e.
This
clos e -up shot sho ws the compon ents which
make up th e ov er head valv e asse mbly. You will no te
the adjust me nt provis ion on the pus h ro d end of th e
rocke r arms. The rema inin g compone nts an d
syste ms of the K36 1 are the same as tho se used on
the 14 an d 16 h
or sepower engi nes.
INSIDE THE K422
As was state d in the ov erv iew , th e K422 has an
alu
minu m cra nkcase . Her e you see th e two di e cast
pieces whic h c
omp rise the cra nkcase . By maki ng it
in two separate pieces. we are ab le to cast in all the
bosses and ribs require d
for s tren gt h.
l<'4 22 CRANK CIlSg vi m lN TERNA!. CONPONENT S