Vermeer 186 , engine upgrade possible?

[Ben Moss]

Hi I've got a Vermeer 186 that has just seized. It had a kohler command 20hp in and I was wondering if anyone knew if it was possible for me to replace it with a 25hp engine. Any advice would be great. Cheers

[Johny Walker]

Hi I've got a Vermeer 186 that has just seized. It had a kohler command 20hp in and I was wondering if anyone knew if it was possible for me to replace it with a 25hp engine. Any advice would be great. Cheers

 

should go strait in,

[Hodge]

Should be fine as long as the engine mounts the same. So long as the belt pulley or clutch fittings are the same then it should be ok. I just upgraded my engine on my splitter with a bigger engine and that's fine.

[twistedhicap]

should do just as the guys have said make sure you get the same specs eg shaft diameters and lengths and mounts

[Ben Moss]

Cheers for the replies. I'll look into it tomorrow

[Ben Moss]

Just wondering aswell would any other engines go on. I'm not a big fan of the kohler

[Johny Walker]

Just wondering aswell would any other engines go on. I'm not a big fan of the kohler

 

honda do 1, whats yr prob wi the kolhar

[Ben Moss]

From reading other forums about this engine I get the impression there was a manufacturing problem where the gasket blew due to an issue with the bolts. I've got a feeling this happened with mine, on what i was told was a newish engine when I bought the machine. Anyone else had this problem?

[Hodge]

I had one on my old Carlton and never had any problems with it, maybe you just had a dodgy engine. Can you not get the old engine rebuilt?

[Ben Moss]

Don't know much about rebuilds. Are they worth doing?