My Lawn Mower Repair Thread (56k warning)

[hanyoukimura]

I actually used it to cut the lawn yesterday. I give all mowers a test before selling them. This one got the full yard workout to make sure the engine was ok. Like a champ.

 

[jamesslcx]

Hello everybody, congrats hanyoukimura, thats my kind of deal!:biggrin:

 

[hanyoukimura]

There's a couple of cheap, interesting mowers for sale on CL I want to look into.

One is this Simplicity mower. I don't really know much about them but it looks like a Lawn Boy deck with a Briggs engine. For $25 the price seems right.

The other one is a Lawn Boy. No idea what model ( I don't know much about Lawn Boys in general) but its 2-stroke and it's also $25.

 

[Two-Stroke]

There's a couple of cheap, interesting mowers for sale on CL I want to look into.

One is this Simplicity mower. I don't really know much about them but it looks like a Lawn Boy deck with a Briggs engine. For $25 the price seems right.

The other one is a Lawn Boy. No idea what model ( I don't know much about Lawn Boys in general) but its 2-stroke and it's also $25.

I'd go for any two-stroke LB for $25. The self-propelled mechanism is a minus IMO -- but those mowers have lots of valuable (as in salable on eBay) parts.

The other mower has such a bizarre look to it that I'd be tempted. It looks pretty old -- can you tell how old?

 

[hanyoukimura]

The sellers don't really know anything about either mower. The Simplicity, based on the engine, I'm going to guess late 70's-earlly 80's.

 

[Two-Stroke]

The sellers don't really know anything about either mower. The Simplicity, based on the engine, I'm going to guess late 70's-earlly 80's.

I think you're right about the Simplicity. That's a very stylish mower. Maybe some hipster/artist would buy it if you got it running.

Lawn-Boy mowers have a model number either on rear of the deck or (on newer models) on a sheet metal piece near the top of the handle. With that number you can find lots of info online. It looks like 1990s vintage but I can't tell for sure.

 

[jamesslcx]

I would like to have both those, they are cool and unique looking and seem like great deals to boot!:smile:

 

[hanyoukimura]

We'll see, if I have time tomorrow I'm going to go check out the Simplicity.

In the meantime I got the Poulan Pro cleaned up.

Cleaned up well. I may clean it further on my next day off.

I've notice that one of the spokes on the right rear wheel is cracked all the way through. I wonder if Plastic Epoxy will sufficiently repair it? Otherwise it's running great and cleaned up nicely. I might even get lucky and get the bag for it.

I also got our snow blower tuned up and ready for duty. It's a Craftsman rebranded MTD 31A-3CDE799. It works well for what it is. It fired right up but didn't idle smoothly. New synthetic oil and a shiny new spark plug fixed that.

 

[jamesslcx]

Good work hanyoukimura! Nice job and you should be proud, a little epoxy can work wonders sometimes you never know until you try.

 

[Mower manic]

Good work hanyoukimura! Nice job and you should be proud, a little epoxy can work wonders sometimes you never know until you try.

Hanyoukimura does do good work. This is an excellent thread you've started here. You are a good reason to have a website like LMF.
I hope your good fortune continues.
Great contribution, thank you
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