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Help ID this lawnboy

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Oddjob

The model and serial numbers are not legible/visible. It is missing the coil and there is a metal collar around the drive shaft above the blade adapter that is damaged. There are plastic pieces attached to the air filter housing that are so brittle they break at the touch. Otherwise, the metal parts of the mower seem to be in decent shape and the motor turns freely. As you can see, it does not have the typical offset front wheel. Does this make it less worth restoring?

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#2

FuzzyDriver

FuzzyDriver

I have a similar *non-staggered wheel) Lawn-Boy that is not in running order. Mine is Aluminum deck and, I believe, newer than yours. Mine has the newer engine with the muffler above the deck. I'm not going to restore mine, just use it for parts. If you have the bag, the mower might be worth restoring, but that steel deck doesn't help at all.


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Fish

Fish

Vintage Lawn Boy 2-Cycle Lawn Mower, Model 8673 - F Type Engine 1983 Steel Deck | eBay


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Oddjob

FuzzyDriver said:
I have a similar *non-staggered wheel) Lawn-Boy that is not in running order. Mine is Aluminum deck and, I believe, newer than yours. Mine has the newer engine with the muffler above the deck. I'm not going to restore mine, just use it for parts. If you have the bag, the mower might be worth restoring, but that steel deck doesn't help at all.
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I do have the bag. Didn’t realize that had value.


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Oddjob

Fish said:
Vintage Lawn Boy 2-Cycle Lawn Mower, Model 8673 - F Type Engine 1983 Steel Deck | eBay
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Thanks. That gives me engine type and approximate year, but that one is self propelled and mine is a push model. Anyone know what the push model version of an 8673 would be?


#6

FuzzyDriver

FuzzyDriver

Oddjob said:
I do have the bag. Didn’t realize that had value.
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Well, just looking how it discharges, it would seriously hurt its value if it was blowing grass at the guy pushing it, heh heh. And it couldn't be converted to side discharge since there's no chute. Hmmmm, maybe it could get a mulch top plate ::shoulder shrug::.


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dougmacm

dougmacm

Interesting that the 8673 is 21" cut, the cast aluminum deck versions like this from the 80's were usually (if not all) 20" cut.

In 1983 there was a 4573 that seems to be the same specs and not SP ... could be the model number of what you have.

Doug


#8

dougmacm

dougmacm

FuzzyDriver said:
Well, just looking how it discharges, it would seriously hurt its value if it was blowing grass at the guy pushing it, heh heh. And it couldn't be converted to side discharge since there's no chute. Hmmmm, maybe it could get a mulch top plate ::shoulder shrug::.
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The ebay listing for the 8673 shows a mulch plate.

Doug


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Oddjob

dougmacm said:
Interesting that the 8673 is 21" cut, the cast aluminum deck versions like this from the 80's were usually (if not all) 20" cut.

In 1983 there was a 4573 that seems to be the same specs and not SP ... could be the model number of what you have.

Doug
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Thanks. I think you are right. I went to the parts diagrams on Jacks Small Engines website and saw that they put 4573 diagrams next to and on the same page as 8673 as well as the 8673 AE and S models. All had the same body. I had to look up what AE meant. If there are others who also don’t know, it means that model had an electric starter. Anyone know what the S designation means?


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dougmacm

dougmacm

Oddjob said:
Thanks. I think you are right. I went to the parts diagrams on Jacks Small Engines website and saw that they put 4573 diagrams next to and on the same page as 8673 as well as the 8673 AE and S models. All had the same body. I had to look up what AE meant. If there are others who also don’t know, it means that model had an electric starter. Anyone know what the S designation means?
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In the LB Model Number list I have, there is no "S" designation listed for any models in 1983, so I don't know what that could be. Even scrolled a few years back & forward from 1983 and saw no "S" on the end of any model numbers.

Doug


#11

Sanjin Crescent Tail

Sanjin Crescent Tail

I think it is an earlier Mulch-r-Catch, I have a 1982 with the electric start F type engine

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Sanjin Crescent Tail

Sanjin Crescent Tail

Sanjin Crescent Tail said:
I think it is an earlier Mulch-r-Catch, I have a 1982 with the electric start F type engine
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Sanjin Crescent Tail

Sanjin Crescent Tail

Here is my 8671AE

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#14

Sanjin Crescent Tail

Sanjin Crescent Tail

Oddjob said:
Thanks. I think you are right. I went to the parts diagrams on Jacks Small Engines website and saw that they put 4573 diagrams next to and on the same page as 8673 as well as the 8673 AE and S models. All had the same body. I had to look up what AE meant. If there are others who also don’t know, it means that model had an electric starter. Anyone know what the S designation means?
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The AE is A is self propelled, the E designates it is electric start


#15

FuzzyDriver

FuzzyDriver

I think you have that wrong. The AE means electric start. There is no A separate from the E. For instance, Model 7271AE is electric start, but it is not self-propelled.


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