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Kawasaki 24hp
By: Chainsawrepair Date: February 7, 2015, 10:05 am
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Kawasaki FR730V 24hp
gasoline
2-cylinder
air-cooled vertical-shaft
726 cc [44.3ci ]
Anyone got info on this riding mower motor. Good bad etc?
Power (gross):
Rated RPM:
Starter:
Starter volts:
Oil capacity:
Oil change:
Sparkplug:
Sparkplug gap:
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Re: Kawasaki 24hp
By: rayvil01 Date: March 18, 2018, 9:22 am
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I know this is a very old thread. But, I just bought a new Cub
Cadet zero turn mower with this motor. It came highly regarded
by a number of different people. Supposedly it has more torque
than the 24 hp Kohler. We will see how it pans out. But, the
early hours with it are terrific.
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Re: Kawasaki 24hp
By: Chainsawrepair Date: March 18, 2018, 9:55 am
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Just had a guy tell me he likes his 25hp kohler on his zero
turns better the the kaw ones. So be interesting to see what
you think.
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Re: Kawasaki 24hp
By: rayvil01 Date: March 19, 2018, 8:37 am
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I'm not going to have a good frame of reference for comparison.
I needed a zero turn. I shopped all winter and looked at just
about every brand. I always made a point of talking to the shop
guys. Every place I went the shop guys preferred the Kawasaki
for reliability over Kohler. The only thing I can say
definitively is that the Kaw is quieter. It will take a couple
of years to have something of an informed opinion.
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Re: Kawasaki 24hp
By: Chainsawrepair Date: March 19, 2018, 1:39 pm
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I thought Kaw would be the one to get too. Was just looking at
some with it. Thought that was plus.
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Re: Kawasaki 24hp
By: rayvil01 Date: April 24, 2018, 6:14 am
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One update on this Kawasaki engine: The air filter is in a bad
location. It is low on the back right next to the bagger.
I've been using a bagger. After each use I have been vacuuming
around the filter, then blowing it out from the inside with
compressed air. A scary amount of dirt is coming out. Kaw does
not put a foam pre-filter on their unit. Kohler does. I have
added a foam pre-filter. It helped a lot. Saturday I was at a
large auction. There were about 15 Zero-Turns for sale. 5 of
them had this engine. I checked the air filters. Every one of
them was incredibly dirty.
I'm thinking I might go with a bit of a snorkel set up to get it
up higher with a K&N filter. It's 2" semi-rigid hose.
Shouldn't be that hard to come up with an alternative.
Other than that this thing has been great so far. But, I don't
like tempting fate with all that dirt.
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