Hey folks,

I just found out that my lawnboy has a leak in the gas tank, and its
the type of tank that is integrated into the top of the mower in the
green plastic material, I think they also call this a shroud. The
model number of the mower is 8237, yeah, its an old one.

Does anyone have one of these items and would also like to sell it to
me?

Thanks,
Fish.
Columbus, Ohio

Fish,

Is the part no longer available for your particular mower?

I don't have a part to sell, but I've got a few suggestions:

1) If you locate the leak, then it is quite possible that
you can repair it. A fiberglass repair kit is one possible
method.
2) You can check with a few lawn mower repair places
and ask if they have a tank for you from a "parts mower"
that they have around.
3) You can mention you situation to those trash pickers
who drive around on trash day, sifting through the
trash and grabbing items for resale. They may be able
to sell you a gas tank.
4) You might ask around to see if anybody knows an old
retired guy who fixes mowers out of his shed or garage.
One in our neighborhood has parts stacked all over the
place. Folks give him old mowers, he purchases parts
at auctions, etc.

Good luck,
Gideon

Gideon,

thanks for the suggestions, come to think of it I do know of a guy who
repairs mowers, maybe he knows where I can get this part. But no, I
havent checked for this part brand new, I am sure I can get it but I
got a feeling it might be $50.+.

Fish.



On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 01:32:26 GMT, "Gideon" wrote:

Fish,

Is the part no longer available for your particular mower?

I don't have a part to sell, but I've got a few suggestions:

1) If you locate the leak, then it is quite possible that
you can repair it. A fiberglass repair kit is one possible
method.
2) You can check with a few lawn mower repair places
and ask if they have a tank for you from a "parts mower"
that they have around.
3) You can mention you situation to those trash pickers
who drive around on trash day, sifting through the
trash and grabbing items for resale. They may be able
to sell you a gas tank.
4) You might ask around to see if anybody knows an old
retired guy who fixes mowers out of his shed or garage.
One in our neighborhood has parts stacked all over the
place. Folks give him old mowers, he purchases parts
at auctions, etc.

Good luck,
Gideon

www.bantasaw.com
all kinds of obsolete parts for small engine stuff

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"fish" wrote in message
...
Gideon,

thanks for the suggestions, come to think of it I do know of a guy who
repairs mowers, maybe he knows where I can get this part. But no, I
havent checked for this part brand new, I am sure I can get it but I
got a feeling it might be $50.+.

Fish.



On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 01:32:26 GMT, "Gideon" wrote:

Fish,

Is the part no longer available for your particular mower?

I don't have a part to sell, but I've got a few suggestions:

1) If you locate the leak, then it is quite possible that
you can repair it. A fiberglass repair kit is one possible
method.
2) You can check with a few lawn mower repair places
and ask if they have a tank for you from a "parts mower"
that they have around.
3) You can mention you situation to those trash pickers
who drive around on trash day, sifting through the
trash and grabbing items for resale. They may be able
to sell you a gas tank.
4) You might ask around to see if anybody knows an old
retired guy who fixes mowers out of his shed or garage.
One in our neighborhood has parts stacked all over the
place. Folks give him old mowers, he purchases parts
at auctions, etc.

Good luck,
Gideon

"fish" wrote in message
news
Hey folks,

I just found out that my lawnboy has a leak in the gas tank, and its
the type of tank that is integrated into the top of the mower in the
green plastic material, I think they also call this a shroud. The
model number of the mower is 8237, yeah, its an old one.

Does anyone have one of these items and would also like to sell it to
me?

Lawnboy, other than as a decal slapped on Toro's, is long gone. But I used
to have one of those green-shroud Lawnboys, 1972 vintage IIRC, and as I
recall,the tank was white plastic that snapped into the fibreglas shroud.
Probably HDPE, which means basically unrepairable. So, unless you can find a
freelance junk man or old repair shop that has one laying around, the only
obvious alternative I can see would be to modify or cut away part of the
shroud, and fit a tank from something else. In that era, Lawnboy sold a
'commercial' model, which was the same chassis design (albeit probably more
heavy-duty), and had a 1950s looking engine with a metal shroud, and a metal
cylindrical tank on the back. The shroud on the one I had, aside from being
decorative, held the prime button and on-off switch in place, along with the
gas tank, but served no other structural purpose. (when the hole for the
on-off switch wallowed out, I put a big washer under the shroud.)

All that is a long way of saying, that if nothing else, you could 'Mad Max'
your mower, junk the shroud, and blacksmith a plate for the primer and
on-off switches, and mount a small beer keg or something as a lasts-all-day
gas tank. Any boat repair or small engine place will have the various lines
and fittings you would need.

Yeah, I miss 'real' Lawnboys too. Currently shopping for a mower, and crying
at the overpriced junk in the big-box places. Traditional ma'n'pa lawn and
garden places around here no longer carry a stock of mowers, due to
financial pressures from the big-boxes. Just one floor model, and they order
them as needed. Keeping my fingers crossed I find a decent cheap mower at
the garage sales tomorrow- a couple rich subdivisions are having their
annual mass sales. Naturally, a month ago, before I closed deal for house,
every other sale had a good cheap mower.

Just for the hell of it, I just tried Google on your model number, and this
place: http://partsandservice.ca/html/Lawnb...r/R8238AE.html , would
claim to have your part. Keep in mind that the cast-deck era lawnboys pretty
much had interchangable parts. Even if the shroud they have doesn't look the
same, it would probably fit.

aem sends....

Thanks for the last couple posts, they were humorous and informative.
i tried partsandservice and they do have quite a fine seliction, so i
added them to my favorites shortcut list.

i suppose if i dont find a tank this year, and when i get tired of the
leaking gas taht accumulates the dirt and dust, i will create a new
tank and switch plate for the on/off and the primer pump. those are
great ideas guys, i hate to even think of getting rid of this mower,
it works so fine.

thanks,
fish




On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 02:42:26 GMT, "ameijers"
wrote:


"fish" wrote in message
news
Hey folks,

I just found out that my lawnboy has a leak in the gas tank, and its
the type of tank that is integrated into the top of the mower in the
green plastic material, I think they also call this a shroud. The
model number of the mower is 8237, yeah, its an old one.

Does anyone have one of these items and would also like to sell it to
me?

Lawnboy, other than as a decal slapped on Toro's, is long gone. But I used
to have one of those green-shroud Lawnboys, 1972 vintage IIRC, and as I
recall,the tank was white plastic that snapped into the fibreglas shroud.
Probably HDPE, which means basically unrepairable. So, unless you can find a
freelance junk man or old repair shop that has one laying around, the only
obvious alternative I can see would be to modify or cut away part of the
shroud, and fit a tank from something else. In that era, Lawnboy sold a
'commercial' model, which was the same chassis design (albeit probably more
heavy-duty), and had a 1950s looking engine with a metal shroud, and a metal
cylindrical tank on the back. The shroud on the one I had, aside from being
decorative, held the prime button and on-off switch in place, along with the
gas tank, but served no other structural purpose. (when the hole for the
on-off switch wallowed out, I put a big washer under the shroud.)

All that is a long way of saying, that if nothing else, you could 'Mad Max'
your mower, junk the shroud, and blacksmith a plate for the primer and
on-off switches, and mount a small beer keg or something as a lasts-all-day
gas tank. Any boat repair or small engine place will have the various lines
and fittings you would need.

Yeah, I miss 'real' Lawnboys too. Currently shopping for a mower, and crying
at the overpriced junk in the big-box places. Traditional ma'n'pa lawn and
garden places around here no longer carry a stock of mowers, due to
financial pressures from the big-boxes. Just one floor model, and they order
them as needed. Keeping my fingers crossed I find a decent cheap mower at
the garage sales tomorrow- a couple rich subdivisions are having their
annual mass sales. Naturally, a month ago, before I closed deal for house,
every other sale had a good cheap mower.

Just for the hell of it, I just tried Google on your model number, and this
place: http://partsandservice.ca/html/Lawnb...r/R8238AE.html , would
claim to have your part. Keep in mind that the cast-deck era lawnboys pretty
much had interchangable parts. Even if the shroud they have doesn't look the
same, it would probably fit.

aem sends....

and by the way, i bought this mower about 6 years ago at a garage sale
for 10 bux, yeah what a steal. it was just improperly cared for, and
with a good cleaning and the right fuel it fired right up and has been
so powerful.





On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 02:42:26 GMT, "ameijers"
wrote:


"fish" wrote in message
news
Hey folks,

I just found out that my lawnboy has a leak in the gas tank, and its
the type of tank that is integrated into the top of the mower in the
green plastic material, I think they also call this a shroud. The
model number of the mower is 8237, yeah, its an old one.

Does anyone have one of these items and would also like to sell it to
me?

Lawnboy, other than as a decal slapped on Toro's, is long gone. But I used
to have one of those green-shroud Lawnboys, 1972 vintage IIRC, and as I
recall,the tank was white plastic that snapped into the fibreglas shroud.
Probably HDPE, which means basically unrepairable. So, unless you can find a
freelance junk man or old repair shop that has one laying around, the only
obvious alternative I can see would be to modify or cut away part of the
shroud, and fit a tank from something else. In that era, Lawnboy sold a
'commercial' model, which was the same chassis design (albeit probably more
heavy-duty), and had a 1950s looking engine with a metal shroud, and a metal
cylindrical tank on the back. The shroud on the one I had, aside from being
decorative, held the prime button and on-off switch in place, along with the
gas tank, but served no other structural purpose. (when the hole for the
on-off switch wallowed out, I put a big washer under the shroud.)

All that is a long way of saying, that if nothing else, you could 'Mad Max'
your mower, junk the shroud, and blacksmith a plate for the primer and
on-off switches, and mount a small beer keg or something as a lasts-all-day
gas tank. Any boat repair or small engine place will have the various lines
and fittings you would need.

Yeah, I miss 'real' Lawnboys too. Currently shopping for a mower, and crying
at the overpriced junk in the big-box places. Traditional ma'n'pa lawn and
garden places around here no longer carry a stock of mowers, due to
financial pressures from the big-boxes. Just one floor model, and they order
them as needed. Keeping my fingers crossed I find a decent cheap mower at
the garage sales tomorrow- a couple rich subdivisions are having their
annual mass sales. Naturally, a month ago, before I closed deal for house,
every other sale had a good cheap mower.

Just for the hell of it, I just tried Google on your model number, and this
place: http://partsandservice.ca/html/Lawnb...r/R8238AE.html , would
claim to have your part. Keep in mind that the cast-deck era lawnboys pretty
much had interchangable parts. Even if the shroud they have doesn't look the
same, it would probably fit.

aem sends....

"fish" wrote in message
...
and by the way, i bought this mower about 6 years ago at a garage sale
for 10 bux, yeah what a steal. it was just improperly cared for, and
with a good cleaning and the right fuel it fired right up and has been
so powerful.

To follow up on my earlier post- I did see a Lawnboy of that vintage at a
sale today, but it was self-propelled (which I don't want), and looked to
have led a very hard life, and they wanted 100 bucks for it. (tag said
'appraised at $250'- who the hell appraises push mowers?) Needless to say, I
passed. As much as I like Lawnboy, I ain't gonna pay half of the price of a
new mower for one 20 years old. If it had been 40 or 50, I might have taken
a chance.

aem sends...

On Sun, 05 Jun 2005 02:20:03 GMT, "ameijers"
wrote:


"fish" wrote in message
.. .
and by the way, i bought this mower about 6 years ago at a garage sale
for 10 bux, yeah what a steal. it was just improperly cared for, and
with a good cleaning and the right fuel it fired right up and has been
so powerful.

To follow up on my earlier post- I did see a Lawnboy of that vintage at a
sale today, but it was self-propelled (which I don't want), and looked to
have led a very hard life, and they wanted 100 bucks for it. (tag said
'appraised at $250'- who the hell appraises push mowers?) Needless to say, I
passed. As much as I like Lawnboy, I ain't gonna pay half of the price of a
new mower for one 20 years old. If it had been 40 or 50, I might have taken
a chance.

aem sends...


100 bucks, what a joke. they should have taken an offer of $40.00 or
less. people who abuse their mowers should only get a percentage of
its value at resale.

This all depends on where the leak is on the tank.

I found a lawnboy (ok it was trash day and someone was
just wheeling it to the curb) Anywho, I found too that
the gas tank had a leak where they (Lawnboy) melt the two
plastic pieces together to join the tank to the deck
and seal it. What I did was to use Marinetex to
fill and seal the hole. So far so good.

Marinetex is an 2 part epoxy glue / filler that is used normally
on boats. Its not effected by gas/oil (and most things are)
and dries real strong.

Tom