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John Deere 2 cycle pushmower
By: fordfairlane78 Date: June 24, 2014, 2:27 am
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I was told that I could purchase this as my father's day gift.
It is a john deere 2t 4hp sp mower. (On the right. The other is
a 14sb with a kawasaki 5hp) It is powered by a lawnboy f series
engine with a BBC or blade clutch. It needed a coil but I had an
older lb in the junk pile with a bad engine so a quick swap and
it runs great. The only thing I do not like about it is it a
single speed drive as where my 14sb is a 5spd and much faster. I
picked up a couple 14sb ' s this weekend so I hope to accomplish
a tranny swap in the near future.
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Re: John Deere 2 cycle pushmower
By: RoyM Date: June 24, 2014, 9:01 am
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I am a big fan of those oil burning Lawnboys. ;D
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Re: John Deere 2 cycle pushmower
By: sharkey Date: June 24, 2014, 5:08 pm
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Im a fan too. My favorite is an old utility model with the F
engine and its a trooper.
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Re: John Deere 2 cycle pushmower
By: fordfairlane78 Date: June 25, 2014, 12:21 am
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I have used many of the pushmowers with 2 cycle engines(Robins,
tecumsehs, zenoah/briggs) and honestly these OMC lawnboys seem
to have the most grunt & will power through heavy grass as most
others bog & die. They seem to be indestructible as well. This
one doesn't have the "cherry bomb-in-a-can" sound though as it
has a side muffler due to the blade clutch. It is still fun to
add a little marvel to the mix & watch it puff away. Mosquitoes
are horrible here in KS so I like to think it helps with those.
That's my excuse anyway. I love the isolated air filter on this
one and I've never seen it on a lawnboy or any other mower. It
is the hose going up in the back. It attaches to a screw on
adapter in place of the air filter cover and a snap top canister
up high for easy af servicing plus keeping it up & out of the
typical dust/junk associated with a pushmower.
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Re: John Deere 2 cycle pushmower
By: Chainsawrepair Date: June 25, 2014, 1:26 pm
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My bro was b----ing about not being able to replace his last 2
stroke lawnboy. Said the new lawnboy was a 4 stroke? All I
know he has had 2 stroke lawnboys for long as I have known.
So is this true, no more 2 stroke lawnboys in US?
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Re: John Deere 2 cycle pushmower
By: RoyM Date: June 25, 2014, 5:50 pm
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The two stroke lawn mower has been gone in North America for
almost 15 years thanks to our planet's best friend Mr. Nader and
his merry band of zealots. After Toro bought the brand they
threw four strokes on cheap steel decks and sold them the box
stores.
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Re: John Deere 2 cycle pushmower
By: fordfairlane78 Date: June 26, 2014, 12:25 am
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Yes no more 2 strokes but Toro did put out one last 2 stroke
after they purchased the lawnboy name in the 6.5hp silver series
engines. Besides coil failures they were very strong engines. I
have one on a sp deck that runs great and although single speed
is very fast. If I get bored this winter I might look into
mounting it to the deere mentioned above if the crankshaft &
blade clutch can cooperate with each other. I don't know who
designed this engine but it wasn't an OMC designed engine. I
also do not know when they quit making them . I have delt with
many of the tecumseh powered lb's as well. Now they are out
with a completely different deck design and whatever is cheapest
to power it. Sad .........
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Re: John Deere 2 cycle pushmower
By: super44 Date: June 26, 2014, 1:07 pm
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I have 4 2 cycle Lawn Boys, one really old that needs a little
TLC. One of the 6 1/2 horse models with a bag, one plain one but
my current favorite is the one with electric start and power
assist. Only push style mower I've used that is capable of a
burn out! LOL I keep trading up but the old ones seem to stay.
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