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The Bluebird CH400 chipper is a 13-horsepower gas-powered commercial wood chipper or shredder with a Honda GX390 engine. The CH400 can chip up to a four-inch limb or branch.

Bluebird chipper with a KOHLER engine not a Honda

We have a bluebird with a kohler 13 horse engine not a GX390 and cant find the parts for it I need. is there a cross reference for it somewhere.

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Hi @troyn,

Just verifying that it is a 13hp Kohler engine and not a 14hp Kohler engine?

There's a Bluebird with a 14hp Kohler - model number is CH400K. The CH440 is the Honda engine model.

Here's the user manual that may help.

The Kohler engine model is # 968160040 and the Honda engine model is 698160041 in the manual.

There's a parts list at the end of the manual.

If it is the correct one, for a part search online for Bluebird (insert part number) to find suppliers that suit you best.

If it's not the correct one, apologies.

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Many of those knockoff engines are based on older battle-tested Honda designs, known as "Chonda engines"; even the Predator (HF) engines are clones of the Honda engines. Look up the engine part number and then look around to see which Honda motor Kohler cloned -- that will be your best bet to find the parts you need.

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Hi @nick

Looks like we've got it covered both ways.

You read it as looking for Kohler engine parts and I read it as looking for Bluebird chipper parts.

Cheers

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@jayeff As long as we know the engine model specifically called out as the type on that, that will be what you use to find out. But usually it's a clone of the Honda GX engines. The CC is how you figure it out.

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