
JD 112 Loud as can be
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Posted December 21, 2010 - 04:26 PM
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Posted December 21, 2010 - 09:10 PM
You youngsters better be careful about running all them loud machines, It can cause your children to be born naked. I'm not kiddin, both my kids were born naked as a jaybird. GEORGE


Kohlers do tend to be a little louder. If it is just a can muffler there is only so much they can do to help quiet the exhaust. You would have to switch to a different muffler type to get any results or build your own. If I am not mistaken there is a thread on here somewhere about building your own muffler.
I recently cut into one of the nelson mufflers off of a 12 HP Kohler that was shot. There are 2 baffles inside that divide the area into 3 parts. I think if you found a suitable packing material to put in the center section it would be quieter. That said, I also think that if there were an outer layer over the outside of the muffler with packing inside it (no exhaust flow through this part) that would go a long way to quieting things down. Just a theory for now, but I intend to build one when I find some suitable stainless pipe.
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Posted December 21, 2010 - 09:20 PM

This is what the inside of a Honda or the China clone muffler looks like.

This is a Cub Cadet muffler that you can get at TSC, its made for 12hp Kohlers and is fairly quiet.

Your standard screw on pepper top mufflers are cheap to buy and noisy.
- caseguy said thank you
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Posted December 21, 2010 - 10:18 PM
http://gardentractor...r-scratch-1785/
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Posted December 22, 2010 - 08:09 AM
As somebody who ran Cherry Bombs on my trucks for years, I have to say that I understand the situation, but fail to see the problem.
I understand it on my truck, but it is different on the tractor, if I mow without muff my head is pounding and ears ringing for hours
You youngsters better be careful about running all them loud machines, It can cause your children to be born naked. I'm not kiddin, both my kids were born naked as a jaybird.
GEORGE
Well that explains why those kids were naked
Well i found a site through GTT kirk engines had a build of basically a glass pack he said it was quieter but with better tone. Seeing I have two mufflers for it now I may try to go that route. If I do I will post pick of the build and update the status
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Posted December 22, 2010 - 09:15 AM
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Posted December 22, 2010 - 09:40 AM
I understand it on my truck, but it is different on the tractor, if I mow without muff my head is pounding and ears ringing for hours
Ah, that's when you choose the Supersuckers option. That's when you put on your Ipod and play the Supersuckers loud enough to be heard over the engine noise, that way your hearing loss is from loud music instead of loud engines.