Kohler - Throttle cable

[broncofan]

I just got a Kohler Command Pro 7 engine. Model #CH270-3011. I was looking for a place to attach the throttle cable, but I can't seem to locate a good spot to attach it. It has a throttle lever that sticks in place... the turtle/rabbit thing. It doesn't spring back to the turtle once you let go.

Is there a kit to change this over to what one would need to use a throttle cable and have it "spring back" to the slower speed when you let off the throttle? I imagine that I could rig up some springs somehow and bypass the lever that is there. Just hoping for a simple solution.

 

[Tgh567]

There's a pressure washer in there so you need to loose that bolt and it will return back.

 

[broncofan]

There's a pressure washer in there so you need to loose that bolt and it will return back.

That helped and now it springs back, but I am still hunting for a place or way to attach the throttle cable. Any ideas or pictures of someone that has done this with a similar setup?

 

[wilie skillet]

why don't you do away with the carb set up and do a upgrade and run a mikuni carb.I have a kohler command engine on my kart and she runs well with a different carb set up and eliminate all the unwanted attachments

 

[broncofan]

Yikes! I did a quick search and some of those carbs cost more than the engine did. Any particular online store to check for prices and for one that would fit?

I assume that the throttle cable would attach directly to the carb then?

 

[wilie skillet]

Did you look on Ebay that's where i ordered mines from.and the throttle cable will be on the carb

 

[Tgh567]

If you pm me a better pic can help can't see

 

[wilie skillet]

can you you go to my profile and pull up my photobook and you can see how it is set up if not i will try to pull up a better pic if i have one somewhere on my computer

 

[broncofan]

Hopefully this picture shows better. This the top view, right under the gas tank of the two levers that operate the throttle. I am leaning towards what skillet mentioned earlier of getting a new carb that can directly handle a throttle cable. Now to figure out which one will fit on my engine. And find it for a decent price. I like that it will be part of the mechanism and not something that I rigged up. I don't mind improvising stuff, just not when it comes to safety. And the possibility of a throttle stuck open is not something I want to deal with.