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<blockquote data-quote="defender56" data-source="post: 2867241" data-attributes="member: 1080"><p>I had mine about that same amount of time before it died.&nbsp; When they die its sudden and terminal - I believe the harmonic balancer comes off and of course that is deadly.&nbsp; I was looking at Craftsman Pro series with my Dad a couple of weeks ago and I noticed that all the Kohlers are 7000 series now made in Michigan.&nbsp; The Courage was an attempt to manufacture in China and it didn&#039;t work well for the company.&nbsp; Kohler supplied a new engine at no cost except for shipping and I&#039;m still running a Courage. They work great until they blow up and a whole lot of them eventually do regardless of how well you maintain them.&nbsp; My Hustler mows great but damn I wish I had spent the extra bucks for a Honda engine.&nbsp; Fingers crossed on my replacement Courage.&nbsp; BTW Dennis Kohler supplied a engine after it was out of warranty so I did appreciate that.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="defender56, post: 2867241, member: 1080"] I had mine about that same amount of time before it died. When they die its sudden and terminal - I believe the harmonic balancer comes off and of course that is deadly. I was looking at Craftsman Pro series with my Dad a couple of weeks ago and I noticed that all the Kohlers are 7000 series now made in Michigan. The Courage was an attempt to manufacture in China and it didn't work well for the company. Kohler supplied a new engine at no cost except for shipping and I'm still running a Courage. They work great until they blow up and a whole lot of them eventually do regardless of how well you maintain them. My Hustler mows great but damn I wish I had spent the extra bucks for a Honda engine. Fingers crossed on my replacement Courage. BTW Dennis Kohler supplied a engine after it was out of warranty so I did appreciate that. [/QUOTE]

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