1965 Model 5233 Shows Up At My Door.

Last week was good for me. An old work friend made a trip up to northern Wisconsin where he has some property and came back with a very nice Lawn Boy 5233 (tan colored model with the fiberglass shroud). He told me that it had belonged to his late father and had been sitting in a shed for the last 20 years. He asked me if I wanted it because he knows I have the "disease". And the price was right---FREE! The condition is great considering that it is 50 years old. There is some paint missing from the deck and the air cleaner, but that is to be expected. It appears to be all original right down to the green wheels with the white stripe and the blue highlights (gas cap, primer, speed adjuster, flywheel screen, ect.). Even the labels are all there. It has good compression and it has spark. Very little crankshaft play. Just the kind of condition that I like to find a vintage Lawn Boy in.

I started working on it today. The first job was cleaning it up. I never saw so much grease and grit on a lawn mower! I also cleaned the carb and found it to be in excellent condition. I think I emptied about 100 acorns out of the muffler---no idea how a critter could have even packed them in there. It needs a lot of work yet, but that is part of the fun. It should run like a top when I get done. I have never worked on a Lawn Boy this old so I may have some questions for all you Lawn Boy fanatics. I'm sure glad that it wasn't tossed in the trash.

Pictures coming.....