Gene123
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I picked up this '78 R7266 today. Cleaned the carb, and put a new float spring, and fuel bowl on. Then I cleaned the carbon out of the muffler. Exhaust ports were clean. Started with 2 pulls.
A friend of mine's boss has a similar 19" model that is in very, very good condition. He said they couldn't get it to start. Hopefully they'll be willing to sell it, and I'll be sure to post some photos if I end up with it.
Congratulations on the '78 R7266. It looks like one of the good, old fashioned simple ones. How did you clean carbon out of the muffler?
The manual you recommended (D400 & D600) arrived a couple of hours ago. Thanks for letting me know about it.
Fifteen miles away, in what used to be a small country town, I found a small engine shop now run by the third generation of the same family. They still have some old oem Lawn Boy parts in stock. If you don't find a new piston for the D600, let me know. I'll see if they've got one.
..... Hope you get the other LB from your friend's boss. I'm watching Craigslist and eBay hoping to get lucky. ... Slim pickin's for old LB's down here in the Dallas area.