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Here you go. Save the link or download all the files as PDF's. Lawn Boy Service Manuals 1950-1988 L8R, Matt

Yours should be a 1980 model since Lawn Boy rolled the serial numbers back to 000000001 for 1980. You have yourself a good solid Lawn Boy. L8R, Matt

Another thing to check is the muffler. It could be loaded with oil sludge and is burning it off. Pull the blade off if necessary, then pull the muffler. If it’s a two piece muffler, split it apart and use some carb/brake cleaner to clean the sludge. If it’s a one piece muffler, hopefully you...

Actually Lawn Boy specifies in the owners and service manuals to use a quality TC-W3 rated oil when not using Lawn Boy brand 2 stroke oil. L8R, Matt

Unfortunately that’s the way things work sometimes. But now you know that everything swaps over. The only thing is swapping an engine from a steel deck to aluminum, you have to use the muffler plate that’s for the deck. The engines are the same, just the muffler plates are a little different...

Should be a straight swap since both are F engines and have aluminum decks. L8R, Matt