Fixing Up an Old Lawn Boy
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- This video is one of (hopefully) many that showcase my infinite love for tinkering on anything mechanical. I will get better at filming and descriptive words in the future, because I noticed some mistakes during editing. I hope you enjoy the video :)
With this video I aimed to get my favorite mower back up and running by taking it apart, replacing what was broken, and put it back together without the Internet or a manual. This is a model 5024 (1975-1977) Lawn Boy "brick" mower that I used to mow lawns a few years ago.
While waiting for parts to come in, I was able to tear it down. When the parts came in, I replaced what was broken and put it back together. I excitedly went to pull the cord, but the engine would not budge and it was not making spark. After some research, I was able to find what I did wrong.
I tore it back apart and attempted to film everything I did wrong, but correctly this time. I edited all of the film into a video that kind of follows a time-line. I was unable to show me cleaning the carbon build-up behind the piston rings, but I was able to show how to get spark.
The final shot is from the night I put the finishing touches on the mower. It only ran for a little bit, but I promise it mowed the lawn the next day.
Good video! I own a few Lawn Boy mowers and I believe they are some of the best mowers made back in the day. A few things though, the writing cast into the engine that says "Set point Gap .020" is for your breaker points under the flywheel. The ignition coil outside of the flywheel gets an air gap of 0.010 as per the service manual. Also, it's good you replaced the upper seal but I would also recommend the bottom oil seal as well. These old 2 strokes love a good crankcase seal. After that you should have a really good running 2 stroke powered mower!
Thank you for the information! I will try to fix the gap point and order another oil seal. I definitely think a service manual would've been useful, but I was trying to do it without. but, now I know for next time!
Good try man I’m proud
thank you!