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Recently bought a Lawn Boy R7268 and restored it. Seemed like a good idea to jump aboard here.
After years of using cookie-cutter B&S powered push mowers, I decided I needed something "different" after recently trashing my MTD push mower.
I was doing an elderly neighbor a favor when I hit a chunk of iron pipe in his yard and severly bent the crank on the MTD. The MTD has an OHV engine and it looked like buying a new short block was the only option to fix it correctly. With a price of over $200 for the parts, that was out of the question.
While looking at buying another new 4 stroke mower from a big box store, the memory of a Lawn Boy 2 cycle that my grandfather owned came back to me. Once I started doing a little investigating, I knew that was what I wanted.
I looked around locally on CraigsList, etc, but the only things I found were in really poor shape. I decided to pay a few bucks more on eBay for one that was in decent shape and a good candidate for restoration. I laid my hands on a nice R7268, which came complete with a bagger and even the original owners manual. I tore it down, ordered some new parts and within a short time had it about 90% restored.
It is now in service and I'm loving it. I've had a few neighbors give it second looks and one thought it was brand new and wanted to know where he could buy one like it. I told him that they can't be bought new anymore (thanks to Al Gore and his brethren), but that I'd keep my eye open for another candidate for restoration.
(I put some pictures of my R7268 in the photo gallery)
After years of using cookie-cutter B&S powered push mowers, I decided I needed something "different" after recently trashing my MTD push mower.
I was doing an elderly neighbor a favor when I hit a chunk of iron pipe in his yard and severly bent the crank on the MTD. The MTD has an OHV engine and it looked like buying a new short block was the only option to fix it correctly. With a price of over $200 for the parts, that was out of the question.
While looking at buying another new 4 stroke mower from a big box store, the memory of a Lawn Boy 2 cycle that my grandfather owned came back to me. Once I started doing a little investigating, I knew that was what I wanted.
I looked around locally on CraigsList, etc, but the only things I found were in really poor shape. I decided to pay a few bucks more on eBay for one that was in decent shape and a good candidate for restoration. I laid my hands on a nice R7268, which came complete with a bagger and even the original owners manual. I tore it down, ordered some new parts and within a short time had it about 90% restored.
It is now in service and I'm loving it. I've had a few neighbors give it second looks and one thought it was brand new and wanted to know where he could buy one like it. I told him that they can't be bought new anymore (thanks to Al Gore and his brethren), but that I'd keep my eye open for another candidate for restoration.
(I put some pictures of my R7268 in the photo gallery)
