[mower-obsessed]

A while back I had obtained a lawn boy push mower, which I was quite excited about...until I realized it lived outside and the engine was seized from rust. After taking it all apart, I realized it was not worth spending $300 or more fixing an old rusty mower since I already had a working push mower. The wheels and deck were junk, but I am wondering if the engine, which is a duraforce 6.5 hp, is worth short blocking? Has anyone ever found a re-powering use for a duraforce? I know they don't really fit any other walk behind mower deck, but what other things might these 2 strokes be used on? I'm trying to come up with a way to enjoy the 2 stroke smoke in all it's glory, but I can't think of anything it would couple up to. I seem to remember reading somewhere that a guy managed to rig one up on a go cart, but thats the only thing I remember seeing where is was used on other than a lawn boy deck. Surely these engines fit something else...just not sure what.

 

[Yard Nazi]

Looks like those Duraforce shortblocks are readily available on eBay for around $100.00. Unless I had a really nice complete aluminum deck that needed a motor I would be hard pressed to invest $100.00 in the motor. Kind of depends on the area your in but you can get a complete running Duraforce around here for that amount of money. Bill

 

[SawDoc441]

I dare you to put it on a 28" Snapper rear-engine rider. I suspect it would be a tad under powered, but not much.

 

[Onan18]

Put it on a 25" Snapper, should work beautifully. You might have to use a flywheel for a snowblower though as the mass of the blade acted as a flywheel on the push mower.

Joe

 

[JDM_WV]

n/m. I missed your reference knowing about the gokart...