Lawn-Boy collectors

[Nitehawk55]

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It's common problem for the primmer knob to wear a hole in that type of shroud so it pops thru .
An easy fix I always do is a piece of sheet metal , drill hole large enough so top of knob fits and pop rivet metal on underside of shroud .
Strip of metal just wide enough and 2 rivets to hold it .

 

[jake wells]

My 1980 Lawn Boy/OMC built Ryan 20'' pusher it has a 3 hp vertical shaft briggs with the oddball vertical starter.

 

[Fishnuts2]

My 1980 Lawn Boy/OMC built Ryan 20'' pusher it has a 3 hp vertical shaft briggs with the oddball vertical starter.
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You can't say that OMC didn't know better when they offered these for sale!

I imagine that they thought they should have models to compete with MTD and others sold in the big box stores. LawnBoy was always a Premium, top shelf product.

 

[jake wells]

You can't say that OMC didn't know better when they offered these for sale!

I imagine that they thought they should have models to compete with MTD and others sold in the big box stores. LawnBoy was always a Premium, top shelf product.

lawn boy was top shelf till toro got involved.

 

[jake wells]

mtd ruined everything they bought including cub cadet,troy bilt, and a few other brands.

 

[Locust Cutter]

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Cleaned her up today. Youngest son painted up some car parts over the winter. Used it as a spray bench. Whole top was black.

I may be buying one very similar to yours soon. I may need to locate a side discharge plate for it though as the current owner has the rear (Snapper-style) bagger setup and mulching plate for it, but can't recall if he has the discharge plate or not. I could always modify the mulching plate but would rather have all 3 capabilities as this mower will actually get used. A lot.

 

[Locust Cutter]

Growing up I ran the wheels of of two old lawn boys and a napper mowing yards for cash. I had a green to[ and a green and white top, both via my Grandfather. They were loud and they vibrated but the cut like no-one's business.

 

[Fishnuts2]

Growing up I ran the wheels of of two old lawn boys and a napper mowing yards for cash. I had a green to[ and a green and white top, both via my Grandfather. They were loud and they vibrated but the cut like no-one's business.

They indeed will vibrate if their blades are not balanced when sharpened. I learned the hard way... it also has a bad effect on the lower crank seal.

 

[Locust Cutter]

I would imagine. I checked them on a nail as best I could, but didn't have the best balancer...

 

[Nitehawk55]

I always balance with a screwdriver , if it sets level it's good , if one side dips take a bit more off till it's level . That's all you need to do , you don't need no special tool .

Lawn Boy also need the blade timed for the engine stroke as well . Example to visualize ....standing at the handle looking at a Brick Top model with the cyl pointing to the right at 3 o'clock . With the piston at TDC , the blade should be at 12 and 6 o'clock .

 

[Locust Cutter]

I'll have to see what the timing marks are for a 6.5hp Silver series. It runs VERY well, with only a hint of surging. I will clean the exhaust and carb screws soon and see where that gets me. Starts on the 1st or second pull though after 2 primes.

 

[Nitehawk55]

If the surging becomes an issue I found a real good fix for that where you change the jet and do a minor mod to the hole in the throttle plate .
Now if I could find that article again !!

 

[Fishnuts2]

I found this at a flea market. I believe the motor will drop right into one of my green decks. Low hours and in great shape. Even the wife thought it was a good deal![emoji106][emoji1]

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[sawfun]

Man, I'd keep it that way and use it. That has to be rare these days. But you probably can use a mower a lot more than edger.

 

[Lee H]

I have the same exact edger. I'm leaving mine as is as it is much
more rare than a mower.



Lee

 

[Fishnuts2]

Thanks for the advice. My mower runs great and I don't need another one so I'll keep this as an edger. Now if I only had more than 10 ft. Of sidewalk.........[emoji39][emoji39]


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[jake wells]

I found this at a flea market. I believe the motor will drop right into one of my green decks. Low hours and in great shape. Even the wife thought it was a good deal![emoji106][emoji1]

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worth big coin on ebay.

 

[jake wells]

the omc ryan mower with 3 hp seemed a bit tired so i shoe horned a 5hp 2 cycle suzuki from a toro
everything went together fine seems like a nice cutter for the size.

 

[Nitehawk55]

I found this at a flea market. I believe the motor will drop right into one of my green decks. Low hours and in great shape. Even the wife thought it was a good deal![emoji106][emoji1]

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You have to marvel at the simplicity of these machines .
Fishnuts , can you get a measurement of the length of the crankshaft ? A pic of the crank where it comes out the bottom of the case would help .Also , is the fuel tank metal or plastic ?

I put that one new bricktop D 501 engine on a deck a month ago and it's on it's 4th tank of fuel , damn it runs nice ! Been thinking about installing the 2nd new one on a deck but seems a shame to take it out of the box where it has resided since the early 70's .

 

[Fishnuts2]

The fuel tank is metal. I'll go out and try to get you a pic of the bottom of the case.


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