Recent content by FuzzyDriver

Are you replacing it with the same type engine?

Can't tell whether "Put it on the list!" means you are going to go with running it out of gas after each use, at least for a while. Also, are you planning on not running it out of gas after you change the needle valves and seats?

Glad to hear it's running well. Automotive "Grabber Green" is just about the perfect match for Lawn-Boy green, if you can talk her into it. The two bolts you are missing are special shoulder/built-in washer bolts that thread into nylon square pop-in nuts. The threads are the only thing normal...

Wow. That's the worst muffler I've ever seen. I'd say that, besides the muffler, you also need a new collar/plate, blade, and nut. I guess I'm stating the obvious. Twice I've had nuts so tight that I broke the weld holding the collar/plate together trying to pry the blade and collar/plate...

Thanks, you had me confused when you said the underside was rusted badly. I thought that model should be aluminum, but didn't want to argue. The parts listing sounds good, where did you say you live? ;) Let us know how it works out!

Thanks for confirming my observations, Rivets. It just seemed so, I dunno, weird to me that for years owners would have no control at all and then, along comes Walbro and users suddenly get full control! One more reason I like the Walbro-equiped Lawn-Boys. I'll leave it as-is, and thanks again.

Hopefully one of you old timers can help me with this head-scratcher. I built a carburetor for my NOS R7271 and installed it. Once I got the shroud on, I noticed that the Speed Control Lever (Part No. 611070) was completely hidden from view (see photo, cover and filter not on). This made no...

Sounds badly galled. I don't think there's any way I'd stuff something into the spark plug hole. I'd go after that nut a lot more. Liquid Wrench (lots of applications over several hours), propane torch, nut cracker, cut-off wheel on opposite flats to weaken it followed by chisel in the...

Have you cleaned your exhaust ports? Lots of users don't know about that. I got one for about $20 one time that "worked fine since new but now has no power at all" When I took the muffler off I could swear it only had two ports, both almost completely plugged. Opening those THREE ports up...

Found it! It actually is in The Big Manual (369 pages, 144MB, a long download)! It threw me off because the title continues onto another page, but changes to a different carburetor (with a different carburetor's drawing). But when I looked close at the photo, the guy had a wrench on an...

There went two hours of my day. :D There are some interesting downloads there. I had no Idea there were Johnson 2-stroke powered washing machines. I tried to picture my wife mixing up premix for her washing machine...I just couldn't see it!! But making the basement smell like Klotz...hmmm.

Thanks for the post. The D-400 carburetor has a needle at the top, but that's where the similarity ends. The manual you linked to is the "big Lawn-Boy manual" I was referring to, I was really surprised to not find this carburetor in there since it claims to cover the 1984 model year. Could it...

Unlike other Lawn-Boy carburetors, this one's needle is at the top of the carburetor, the needle goes directly into the fuel nozzle from the top. The carburetor is black plastic. There's no spring. It's brass. It takes a 1/4" wrench to adjust. I could not find this carburetor in the big...