Kohler engines is no more.

[StarTech]

But I would not put it pass them.

I worked for Standard Register Company (SRC). After they brought out the Burroughs financial division they had us techs going around removing the Burroughs logos on equipment and putting theirs on them. Now of course SRC is no longer in business either so the customers are left with unrepairable equipment.

 

[Hammermechanicman]

But I would not put it pass them.

I worked for Standard Register Company (SRC). After they brought out the Burroughs financial division they had us techs going around removing the Burroughs logos on equipment and putting theirs on them. Now of course SRC is no longer in business either so the customers are left with unrepairable equipment.

After Taylor bought out bankrupt Standard Register which had merged with Workflow 1 they closed all tbe facilities in Dayton and laid off everybody but paper pushers and moved what's left of them to the 111 W first building in downtown Dayton. When SRC went bankrupt they wrote off millions in debt and screwed a lot of customers and employees.

 

[ILENGINE]

For what it's worth, these are the companies there were under the Kohler Power umbrella when Platinum Equity made the purchase from the Kohler family last year. As you can see, it included engines, both gasoline and diesel, and Power Systems which was Kohler's generator and controls division. The Kohler family still owns the plumbing and hospitality portions. I believe Kohler furniture was sold several years ago.

For now, according to my source, there are no plans to change the Kohler Engines name. That would be foolish IMO.

They've pretty much gotten rid of anyone who knows anything so who knows. With any luck, they will return service and education to the Central Distributors.

Hopefully they do better with the Kohler purchase than they did with the Tecumseh purchase.

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Just got an email from Medart that says Rehlko formally Kohler has announced a price change effective November 1. The title of the excel file is Rehlko price list.

 

[bertsmobile1]

Engines now made in China. The Name is the same but not the quality.

Actually the Chinese Kohlers are better than the American ones
We get a lot of Chinese tractor style mowers here fitted with the Chinese version of the bucket engine and they are brilliant .

 

[StarTech]

What some don't know about buckets is that Kohler fixed the initial problems with them but some just can't pass the initial problems. Other than carburetors problems I only seen two with head problems, One valve seat issue and the other because a screw from the carburetor screwed it up. Much better to use brass screws instead steel ones.

Just got an email from Medart that says Rehlko formally Kohler has announced a price change effective November 1. The title of the excel file is Rehlko price list.

You should have known that was coming. New owners new higher prices and a lot more NLA items. Probably be November here when RBI releases the new price file. The I will need to edit it so I can load it here. I had change how it was handling the NLA items. So many going NLA that I still have stock of. So I switch to adding "-NOS" to the "NLA" items so I can still find them in my inventory and still have the pricing too; hence, the file editing. At one time I was sending everything to one SKU but became a problem here.

I just got my Stens price file where is has nearly 6000 SKUs being discontinued or nearly half of the parts they sold.

 

[ILENGINE]

Just received this in an email from Kohler. This should remove any doubt about changing the engine name

Dear Customers,

This is a very significant moment for us!

We are announcing our new company name Rehlko, after more than a century of innovation under Kohler. This rebranding represents a bold step forward as we continue our commitment to building and powering a sustainable energy future.

To celebrate this new chapter, we are unveiling our first Rehlko-branded engine – the latest generation of carbureted gasoline engines for the turf market.

 

[Hammermechanicman]

New and "improved".

 

[Scrubcadet10]

It is definitely a bold move......
Hopefully they don't dump Kohler parts support.

 

[StarTech]

They could always do us like Tecumseh did us with they sold out.

 

[ILENGINE]

They could always do us like Tecumseh did us with they sold out.

Yep, tell us they have a 10 years parts availability and then 6 weeks later they are sold out and NLA.