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Well it's been an adventure, but I have completely finished my first restore. I have officially caught the lawn boy fever. Three weeks ago I purchased two mod 6461 commercials, an extra f engine and and three full boxes of lawn boy parts including 6 brand new f series coils for $125. The second 6461 is coming along and is stripped painted and derusted. I got all new commercial wheels for both machines and I am waiting on my muffler gaskets to get here and wheel shoulder bolts for my second machine. I have also purchased a 1992 m series c21zmr mod# 680523 commercial that is next in line but does not need much work at all.

That's a fine looking machine. Thanks for posting the pictures.

I hope you plan to do some mowing with those LB commercial mowers. It would be such a shame to just let them sit and look pretty.

Here's a photo of my 1977 model 6255:



BTW, where did you find that lot of parts?

Very nice job on the resto! And 2 stroke, you have a gem on your hands with that commercial bricktop. The guys over on mtf would trade their wives to it I bet haha.

Thanks guys! The parts on the machine were in very good condition. The only thing i added was new wheels from stens, new decals from ebay, new gas cap from ebay, new recoil which i had and a fresh coat of paint and clear coat. Ebay had tons of good parts left and they are fairly reasonable. Also check and see if you have a stens dealer around you. They will save you a ton of money. You need to redo that bricktop commercial! that is neat!

Fireman 123 said:

Very nice job on the resto! And 2 stroke, you have a gem on your hands with that commercial bricktop. The guys over on mtf would trade their wives to it I bet haha.

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What's "mtf"? I guess I'm missing something.

turfboy1997 said:

Thanks guys! The parts on the machine were in very good condition. The only thing i added was new wheels from stens, new decals from ebay, new gas cap from ebay, new recoil which i had and a fresh coat of paint and clear coat. Ebay had tons of good parts left and they are fairly reasonable. Also check and see if you have a stens dealer around you. They will save you a ton of money. You need to redo that bricktop commercial! that is neat!

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I had never heard of Stens but I looked them up and found that they have a regional distribution center here in Atlanta. But the retail stores are not called Stens -- correct?

My tractor forum. A bunch of lawn boy guru's over there.

Nice job Turfboy1997. That commercial model looks mint.

Rudedog said:

Nice job Turfboy1997. That commercial model looks mint.

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Thank you! I have another one just like it that I am waiting on some parts. It looks the same as this one. I'm pretty happy to have two of them! They have tons of compression!

Two-Stroke said:

That's a fine looking machine. Thanks for posting the pictures.

I hope you plan to do some mowing with those LB commercial mowers. It would be such a shame to just let them sit and look pretty.

Here's a photo of my 1977 model 6255:

BTW, where did you find that lot of parts?

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That orange looks great with the green on that Brick top. I have two commercials that are F engine with the black tops. The Brick tops just look cool.

Fellow Vintage Mower Freaks:

Just scared-up a 1987 Lawn-Boy Model 6461, Serial # F0008181, F engine. Starts and run well. Just wondering. What kind of compression numbers should I be getting? Sorry, but I'm not very cyber-savvy. Any contribution would be greatly appreciated. Fire and fall back. Over.

Earl.

"TWO-STROKES FOREVER!"

earlelias said:

Fellow Vintage Mower Freaks:

Just scared-up a 1987 Lawn-Boy Model 6461, Serial # F0008181, F engine. Starts and run well. Just wondering. What kind of compression numbers should I be getting? Sorry, but I'm not very cyber-savvy. Any contribution would be greatly appreciated. Fire and fall back. Over.

Earl.

"TWO-STROKES FOREVER!"

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Above 80 psi will run above 100-120 psi is really good.

Hi Earl,

The Lawn-boy Mechanic's Handbook lists 90 PSI as the minimum service limit.

Jeff

Fellow Vintage Mower Freaks:
Thanks to turfboy1997, jp1961, and somebody named Muhamed something-or-other, who responded to request for acceptable compression numbers. Tested it. I came up with 115 psi ("dry"), and 135 psi with a shot of oil down the spark-plug hole. Looks like a "keeper." Thanks again for all the help. While I have your attention, what's the best way to scare-up a copy of the original owner's manual? Over.
Earl.

Very nice! It would of been nice to have one of those commercial bricks when I was in high school cutting lawns all day in the summer.