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This Followed Me Home Today

#1

2smoked

2smoked

Saw this on CL and couldn't resist. Doesn't run and will need some work. It has good compression and looks to be in great overall condition. Just look at how good the paint, shroud and the decals are. It may need a coil and the usual other things like seals and air cleaner and the like. This thing should clean up nice and run good. I'll probably wait until spring to really dig into it. My sickness for old Lawn Boys is looking to be incurable.






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#2

bt3

bt3

ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!

That is a classic model as you know.

Congratulations!


#3

d_sharier

d_sharier

Nice Score! Turns out, it's little brother followed me home today too! A 19 inch pusher, 5269F. Unfortunately it's gonna be awhile before I get to "tinker" with it. Already made my mind up that the 5006 is next.

You grabbed a nice mower. I like the style of these. Congrats!!


#4

Two-Stroke

Two-Stroke

2smoked said:
Saw this on CL and couldn't resist. Doesn't run and will need some work. It has good compression and looks to be in great overall condition. Just look at how good the paint, shroud and the decals are. It may need a coil and the usual other things like seals and air cleaner and the like. This thing should clean up nice and run good. I'll probably wait until spring to really dig into it. My sickness for old Lawn Boys is looking to be incurable.
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I've got that bug too but I can't find D-series mowers down here in GA anymore -- I literally haven't seen one for sale in over a year. :thumbdown:


#5

2smoked

2smoked

d_sharier said:
Nice Score! Turns out, it's little brother followed me home today too! A 19 inch pusher, 5269F. Unfortunately it's gonna be awhile before I get to "tinker" with it. Already made my mind up that the 5006 is next.

You grabbed a nice mower. I like the style of these. Congrats!!
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Hey, that's a nice one. I never see any 19 inch models in that style. For some reason, I like the white backround on the decal. It kind of sets it apart.


#6

d_sharier

d_sharier

Hey, that's a nice one. I never see any 19 inch models in that style. For some reason, I like the white backround on the decal. It kind of sets it apart.
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The only downside is that it has a golf ball size hole in the side of the deck just in front of the right rear wheel. I have seen a few of these 19" cast decks with the same kind of hole. Must be something about the debris path created by the shape of the deck and the blade speed. Other than that, its beautiful. D-series, 2 speed governor, it will be a fun one to work on.


#7

2smoked

2smoked

d_sharier said:
The only downside is that it has a golf ball size hole in the side of the deck just in front of the right rear wheel. I have seen a few of these 19" cast decks with the same kind of hole. Must be something about the debris path created by the shape of the deck and the blade speed. Other than that, its beautiful. D-series, 2 speed governor, it will be a fun one to work on.
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My deck also has a small imperfection too. There is a small poke sticking out just in front of the left rear wheel, but you have to look close to see it. As thick as those decks are, you would think they were bullet proof.


#8

unclelee

unclelee

Yall are killing me...lol...nothing on my local Craigslist but Lawngirls. ..?


#9

d_sharier

d_sharier

unclelee
Re: This Followed Me Home Today

Yall are killing me...lol...nothing on my local Craigslist but Lawngirls.
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I don't know what you are talking about! So there I was minding my own business, working in my garage on a Saturday. Guy shows up to pick up his snowblower, pays his bill, and says I got a mower for you in my truck. "I saw the Lawn-Boy's here last time, so I figured I'd bring it here and see if you want it before I tossed it" I said, "well it's pretty old and needs some work, but I won't be offended if you want to leave here" LOL I didn't even chase that one, just showed up at my house. LOL Once and a while karma does me a solid. It helps justify the ones I drive more than a few hours for!!!

I keep waiting for one of those auto-mowers like you got. That's a lil' sweetheart!!!!


#10

unclelee

unclelee

I got lucky with that one..lol...I have seen more of the 53s than the automowers...and ya know that I'm always looking..
Lee


#11

beg

beg

I haqve seen the golf ball sized hole before.It usually caused by hitting a golf ball.


#12

d_sharier

d_sharier

beg
Re: This Followed Me Home Today

I haqve seen the golf ball sized hole before.It usually caused by hitting a golf ball.
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Thank you for sharing your wisdom, O' wise one. LOL


#13

2smoked

2smoked

Just a little update.......Even though it's cold up here and I said that I'll probably wait for spring before I dig into it, I could not help myself. Milder temps found me out in the garage examining my new/old purchase. Looking it over, I see that it is a 1977 model 7260G. The previous owner said it had no spark, well, much to my surprise, it has a fat, healthy spark. And fuel is getting to the carb and primer, but no start. At least it looks like I won' t have to buy a new coil.

Just knowing that it has fuel and spark puts my gearhead to rest until the end of hibernation.

Merry Christmas everyone!


#14

d_sharier

d_sharier

C'mon!!!!! You know you want to pull the muffler cover off and inspect the ports. Could just be clogged. Lol. I find myself doing the some thing. Before I know I'm all in.

Merry Christmas Lawn-Boy Community!!!!!!!


#15

2smoked

2smoked

d_sharier said:
C'mon!!!!! You know you want to pull the muffler cover off and inspect the ports. Could just be clogged. Lol. I find myself doing the some thing. Before I know I'm all in.

Merry Christmas Lawn-Boy Community!!!!!!!
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Oh, how right you are!! Don't think for a moment that I haven't turned that one over in my head. I've already thought about taking it to work next Sunday where I could work on it in a heated workshop (I am a soon-to-be retired fire fighter). Old Lawn Boy disease runs deep. We all know that temporary relief is found when, by the simple touch of your wrench, those sweet little 2 stroke motors come back to life. My wife doesn't get it, but men who are motor heads do!! If it follows me to work, and if I get a chance to perform exploratory surgery, I'll certainly report my findings.


#16

Two-Stroke

Two-Stroke

d_sharier said:
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Merry Christmas Lawn-Boy Community!!!!!!!
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And best wishes for a fruitful 2015 -- in a Lawn-Boy kind of way. of course. :cool:


#17

2smoked

2smoked

d_sharier said:
C'mon!!!!! You know you want to pull the muffler cover off and inspect the ports. Could just be clogged. Lol. I find myself doing the some thing. Before I know I'm all in.

Merry Christmas Lawn-Boy Community!!!!!!!
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I got it running today! Took it to work today (actually was sunny and in the forties here) and had some time to look at it. Got the muffler off and found the exhaust almost totally plugged with carbon. Cleaned it out and had it running real nice in about 25 minutes. It will still need seals and a good cleaning but that can wait. I did clean the deck and the wheels and, I must say, it's a very pretty machine. Now if only I had some fresh green grass to cut.

This mower hadn't run for about 5 years. Getting it going again made my day.


#18

gearnoggin

gearnoggin

Glad to hear you got it going. It's a great feeling to hear an old motor run again. I just got into lawn boys this past summer after finding one at a yard sale. They're pretty scarce around my area. I think most of them got scrapped a long time ago.


#19

2smoked

2smoked

gearnoggin said:
Glad to hear you got it going. It's a great feeling to hear an old motor run again. I just got into lawn boys this past summer after finding one at a yard sale. They're pretty scarce around my area. I think most of them got scrapped a long time ago.
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I hope that you are able to find more of them. I would not call them scarce around here, but there seems to be fewer and fewer of the older ones around where I live. I find myself keeping an eye out for the ones that are in nicer condition that have been abandoned. I found out today that if I would not have come along and purchased this mower, the owner was going to scrap it. He had it listed on CL for a couple of months. I cannot figure out why it did not sell right away, considering the condition it was in. Scrapping it would've been a crime! I'm glad I checked it out (about 100 miles from my home) and snagged it. His price was a bit on the high end, but it was worth it to me, even though I had to drive a distance to see it.

Stay on the look-out. It's a fun little hobby.


#20

gearnoggin

gearnoggin

2smoked said:
I hope that you are able to find more of them. I would not call them scarce around here, but there seems to be fewer and fewer of the older ones around where I live. I find myself keeping an eye out for the ones that are in nicer condition that have been abandoned. I found out today that if I would not have come along and purchased this mower, the owner was going to scrap it. He had it listed on CL for a couple of months. I cannot figure out why it did not sell right away, considering the condition it was in. Scrapping it would've been a crime! I'm glad I checked it out (about 100 miles from my home) and snagged it. His price was a bit on the high end, but it was worth it to me, even though I had to drive a distance to see it. Stay on the look-out. It's a fun little hobby.
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Glad you were able to save it from being scraped. It look kinda like my 1976 7226. I think it needs new reeds and carb gaskets. The wheels are very wobbly on it as well. It will make a fun project when I get around to it. Right now I'm focused on my 8243ae. I should be getting the coil any day now. Already rebuilt the carb and just need to put it back on. I still gotta find an air filter cover for it. I'm hoping to come across a complete pull start f series for parts so I can mount the pull start assembly on mine. I like the idea of having electric and pull start. I love working on small engines and Lawn Boys are so unique. I'm really glad I found the 2 I have.


#21

Two-Stroke

Two-Stroke

2smoked said:
I hope that you are able to find more of them. I would not call them scarce around here, but there seems to be fewer and fewer of the older ones around where I live. I find myself keeping an eye out for the ones that are in nicer condition that have been abandoned. I found out today that if I would not have come along and purchased this mower, the owner was going to scrap it. He had it listed on CL for a couple of months. I cannot figure out why it did not sell right away, considering the condition it was in. Scrapping it would've been a crime! I'm glad I checked it out (about 100 miles from my home) and snagged it. His price was a bit on the high end, but it was worth it to me, even though I had to drive a distance to see it.

Stay on the look-out. It's a fun little hobby.
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If it's getting hard to find older LBs in Wisconsin (prime hunting grounds along with Ohio and the rest of the Midwest) it's getting almost impossible down here in the Deep South. I haven't seen a single D-series for sale in over a year and I check CraigsList almost every day. I'm glad I got into this a few years ago before things got so tight.


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