Repairs Lawn Boy with leaking gas tank

T-Wort · Dec 18, 2011

I got a Lawn Boy that I found it at the side of the road, it had the model and serial number tags removed so I'm not exactly sure what model it is, but I think it's a 4262. I fueled it up and noticed that the fuel valve was leaking and i was wondering how to fix it?
My avatar is a pic of the lawnmower I'm talking about.

Two-Stroke · Dec 19, 2011

On most of the Lawn-Boys that I've seen the valve can be replaced separately. Could you take a better picture (or two -- including a close-up of the valve)?

Are you sure that the valve is leaking -- not the tank? Valves aren't all that expensive. You may even be able to make do with a generic valve.

But hey -- the price was right. :thumbsup:

jmurray01 · Dec 19, 2011

A Lawn Boy at the side of the road with just a leaking valve!? You've just got your early Christmas present there my friend!

Mwh0428 · Dec 22, 2011

I have an old lawn boy from 76 I think and it would always leak out of the drain on the carb. Wish I had that running bit somebody filled my gas can up with regular gas and not mixed and did not tell me

Fireman 123 · Dec 22, 2011

Mwh0428 said:
I have an old lawn boy from 76 I think and it would always leak out of the drain on the carb. Wish I had that running bit somebody filled my gas can up with regular gas and not mixed and did not tell me

Whoops

It may be rebuildable if you can get the engine dismantled. Or you usually can find replacement engines on eBay. I think it'd make a good winter project.

T-Wort · Dec 23, 2011

I got looking at the valve a little more, and realized it was actually the tank around the valve post, it's about 1.5" long. So now I'm not sure what to do to fix it, would hot glue work, or would there be another way to fix it?

Two-Stroke · Dec 23, 2011

T-Wort said:
I got looking at the valve a little more, and realized it was actually the tank around the valve post, it's about 1.5" long. So now I'm not sure what to do to fix it, would hot glue work, or would there be another way to fix it?

There has been at least one thread on this subject -- it was either in Small Engine and Mower Repair or General Mower Discussion. The thread(s) gets into specific products, etc.

I've never had the problem but I think it probably is possible to make that repair.

Mwh0428 · Dec 23, 2011

You can get a gas tank repair kit at napa auto parts

reynoldston · Dec 24, 2011

I have been repairing gas tanks for years. Back years ago we used solder. Then they came out with a product called Seals-all. Comes in a yellow tube and looks like a clear glue. Been useing it for years. The big think about repairing a gas tank make sure the spot you are going to fix is very, very clean and dry or what ever you use isn't going to hold. I know they did come out with a repair kit that you could repair the gas leak with the gas comeing out but I never had any luck with it.

T-Wort · Dec 24, 2011

The only bad thing about solder is my lawn-boy has a plastic shroud so solder won't work

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