Opinion on buying a Lawn Boy

[Vervepipes]

Hi, I have an opportunity to buy an old 1973 Lawn Boy. The owner says it was running 2 years ago but couldn't get it running last year. It looks to be in great shape physically and comes with the manual. The owner wants $50 for it. He doesn't know what it wrong with it, hasn't looked too deeply into it. Does this sound like it could be worth picking up?

 

[unclelee]

if it has compression and is complete, deck not broken chipped or cracked...buy it. A restored 73 bricktop just sold on ebay for $1025+ $75 shipping

 

[Vervepipes]

This one isn't a brick top I'll go have a peak at it

 

[Two-Stroke]

if it has compression and is complete, deck not broken chipped or cracked...buy it. A restored 73 bricktop just sold on ebay for $1025+ $75 shipping

Wow! I haven't checked eBay lately -- I guess the prices have gone up.

 

[unclelee]

Lol...I had to take a screen shot

 

[Vervepipes]

Just came back, it has a crack in the deck so I got it for free If I can get it running I'll use it as my personal mower, otherwise I can save it as a parts bin if I find another good deal on one. The shroud is missing a piece on top which has a piece of metal riveted onto it.

 

[Vervepipes]

Here's a picture of the old girl. The crack shows up in the picture, I couldn't see it on the bottom of the deck though, just on the top. Not bad for a 20 minute drive's worth of gas and my time.

 

[Two-Stroke]

Here's a picture of the old girl. The crack shows up in the picture, I couldn't see it on the bottom of the deck though, just on the top. Not bad for a 20 minute drive's worth of gas and my time.

You might just have a crack in the paint -- not the deck.

Can't go wrong with an F-series engine.

A 19" mower is mower is rarer and more collectible -- at least down here in the US.

 

[Vervepipes]

We scraped the paint off on a small area to verify, and it is definitely a metal crack. There is no flex to it though, it'll be good for my own use I think. Primer button is roch hard, I'll have to buy one later.

 

[Vervepipes]

I looked in the gas tank and found parts of the fuel cap inside it. There was also a clear plastic tube, I couldn't identify wheat it belonged to right away, it is threaded female on one end. I'm heading out of town for the day so I'll take a pic later to help to identify it. I also put a splash of fresh gas in and trie to start it since the tank was actually empty despite what the seller said, and it was a no-go. There's a spare ignition module that came with it, so maybe I'll give that a try tomorrow.