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572bigblock
10-01-2009, 09:21 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXS5dXHWSzM&feature=channel_page


oh, boy, look at that pile.
Russ2251
10-02-2009, 03:32 PM
Most are junk. I wouldn't take anything older than 1998.
freakboy
10-02-2009, 03:45 PM
i would steal the decks i wonder how much you can get for some magnesium and its fun to burn if you got a weldin mask.
porsche930dude
10-02-2009, 05:07 PM
It sucks when people give stuff like that away for free because most of the time people just scrap them when like he said most of them would be running in 10 minutes. Although i think since scrap has been down people are salvaging more
Russ2251
10-02-2009, 05:07 PM
Very few magnesium decks were made.
I'd be very surprised if he had more than 1 or 2 out of the bunch.
EagleTalons
10-02-2009, 06:06 PM
Why did they use magnesium?
freakboy
10-02-2009, 07:56 PM
Same reason they used them in wheels.
motor_head
10-02-2009, 08:23 PM
dude i just watched that vid wish i lived up there
as for russ's comment about not taking anything older than 1998 i'd rather have a good old one rather than a new one most of the old ones were way better built.
JerryAssburger
10-03-2009, 12:41 AM
Wow! I'd love to have any of them to mess with, too. Too much potential in those motors to pass up.
Russ2251
10-03-2009, 08:08 AM
most of the old ones were way better built.
Not in my experience.
DuraForce far surpass the earlier models by any criteria you wish to choose.
DuraForce have better porting, twin ball-bearing mounted crankshaft, more power, lighter, and more easily converted over to do what I require them to do.
Models A, C, D utilize bushings for crankshaft support and once they are worn out, crankcase must be replaced.
Only weakness in the DuraForce is the CDI pack.
They do fail on occasion but they also can be easily repaired once you understand why they fail.
jr dragster Tyler
10-03-2009, 05:27 PM
Only weakness In the DuraForce is the CDI pack.
They do fail on occasion but they also can be easily repaired once you undestand why they fail.

Vibration?
Russ2251
10-03-2009, 06:24 PM
Moisture.
jr dragster Tyler
10-03-2009, 06:29 PM
Ohh ok. What do you figure the cure is other then just drying it out with the oven and WD-40 method?
Russ2251
10-03-2009, 06:39 PM
Baking is only way out. Works most of the time. Sometimes it's a permanent fix...sometimes temporary.
jr dragster Tyler
10-03-2009, 06:44 PM
Ohh ok. So when the Duraforce engine is being used in go kart weather and not outside in the rain on a lawnmower, Do the coils still fail from moisture?
motor_head
10-03-2009, 06:55 PM
guess i haven't had alot of experience with lawnboys but all the 4 stroke motors ive worked on the older ones were way better built
Russ2251
10-03-2009, 07:02 PM
Yes, but don't think that this problem occurs often.
I got some really great deals on engines that had "No Spark".
As a result, they were sold "as is" for parts.
I purchased a new pack (as a back-up) for $60 and as yet has not been needed.
Turns out the B&S 2 cycle snow engines use the same pack.
jr dragster Tyler
10-03-2009, 08:00 PM
Ohh cool.
Russ2251
10-03-2009, 09:13 PM
all the 4 stroke motors ive worked on the older ones were way better built Lawn-Boy never built a 4 cycle engine. 4 cycle Lawn-Boy engines are B&S or Tecumseh.
JerryAssburger
10-08-2009, 12:12 AM
Gotta be honest- I think I've only seen one DuraForce in person. They must be a bit rare. The "other" lawnboy motor used in Russ' kart seemed to do pretty well for itself.
Jblankster
10-08-2009, 07:23 PM
when i saw that vid when he posted it, i thought of russ.
Russ2251
10-09-2009, 03:29 PM
The "other" lawnboy motor used in Russ' kart seemed to do pretty well for itself. That would be a model F. My first operating prototype. A lot of them still around because of big production numbers in 2 decades.
DuraForce only survived for 7 years...many Thanx to Al Gore, Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and a host of other Environmentalist Wackos (http://www.angelfire.com/movies/clowntown13820/environmentalist_whackos_are_sca.htm) too numerous to mention here.
when i saw that vid when he posted it, i thought of russ. I'm much smarter and much better looking.
Kaptain Krunch
10-09-2009, 04:31 PM
I'm much smarter and much better looking.

A little cocky russ?

i think he meant he thought of you because of the lawnboys.
Russ2251
10-10-2009, 11:17 AM
A little cocky russ? Yes...that too.
oscaryu1
10-10-2009, 07:50 PM
Lawn-Boy never built a 4 cycle engine. 4 cycle Lawn-Boy engines are B&S or Tecumseh.

Really? That's a relief. I hated my friend's 4 stroke Lawnboy.

It would only run in 2 minute intervals, then prime and restart.

On the other hand there was no trace of oil on the dipstick... aha.