1964 "Snow Boy" Ever See One Of These?

[@dadefope80]

@15:43 "Micrometer Eyes". I learned a new word. Thanks Mr. Dactyl

[@garydavo07]

Eye ball o meter

[@Willy12927]

Whenever a lot of people hear the name Lawnboy, they think of Lawn Mowers. However, as you and a lot of your viewers know, Lawnboy made a lot of different pieces of equipment. Although the snow blower you featured was a push type, they also made self propelled models. I have been collecting Lawnboy equipment for close to thirty years. My collection has grown large and I just wish that there was a museum I could donate them to. You also talked about parts being harder and harder to find, I have, on my at last check, accumulated 438 different NOS parts which I have drawn on to help fellow Lawnboy collectors.

[@iamburl2667]

Iwhen I hear lawnboy, I know their talking about cheap junky mowers or blowers etc, still means cheap junk to me

[@Willy12927]

Cheap junky equipment that lasts 40 plus years.@@iamburl2667

[@tonysheerness2427]

60 year old machine and you can still get some parts for it, that is amazing.

[@JeffreyStrader]

When our lawn mower broke and wouldn't run, my wife kept hinting to me that I should get it fixed. But, somehow I always had something else to take care of first, the shed, the boat, making beer. Always something more important to me. Finally she thought of a clever way to make her point. When I arrived home one day, I found her seated in the tall grass, busily snipping away with a tiny pair of sewing scissors. I watched silently for a short time and then went into the house. I was gone only a minute, and when I came out again I handed her a toothbrush. I said, "When you finish cutting the grass, you might as well sweep the driveway." The doctors say I will walk again, but I will always have a limp.

[@joebrinson5040]

Taryl I don't do small engine repair or much of any repair. But at 73 y.o. I enjoy looking over your shoulder as you work and listening to your explanations. It reminds me of working with my Daddy 60 - 65 years ago. I think you are one of the best you tube channels. You put at lot into your plot lines too. I hope your subscribers will take off and you'll hit 1M.

[@ommah3667]

I am a hobby small engine repair and I feel the same , he remainds of my uncle working, sometimes it's just hilarious funny 😂

[@AnalogboxmodsCanada]

When I first started finding your videos, usually looking up how to fix something, I thought, "what's this gimmick acting bs, I don't have time for this!" but you know what?! Now that is my favorite part :) You guys are hilarious and also super informative, I still learn how to fix something and have fun while learning.

[@jandziedzic9038]

I admire your selfless shows in spite of a lot of effort you put into it, still doing it with a lot of chumor for which these shows give many young congratulations and run this channel as long as possible.

[@donaldbower4097]

I just want to take a minute to thank you taryl, because you have taught me so much about the old technology. I ran into an old chainsaw that just needed the points cleaned, everything else worked great.

[@adf8382038]

Thank him with large sums of cash and/or drugs.

[@andersforrad]

I just love these antique stuff - epic! Cheers from Sweden 👍

[@LJJKD1947]

"Better take it to a repair shop" that line by Taryl made me laugh my ass off!!!

[@Pine-Pig]

Love seeing those old LBs. This is just what i needed today.

[@shaunwortman6433]

I'm snowed in out in Massachusetts, send Taryl!!!!

[@cravenmoorehead5636]

More ins than outs? Lol

[@chatrkat]

I have fond memories of the same model machine my dad bought back then. Dad also had a gold 1958 Lawnboy self-propelled mower. No one in our neighborhood had a snowblower back then. Somewhere around 1964 we got the first snowblower on the block. I was 6 or 7 when we got it, I was intrigued by the shiny red snowblower and watched my dad use it, but never allowed near it when running. There was no room for discussion on that rule either. From brand new the engine was always a challenge to start cold, but dad knew Lawnboy and other small engines, it clearly was not his inability to start it. After doing some checking into the hard starting, the dealer swapped the engine under a recall, due to hard starting. After that the replacement engine was fine. Then comes the year of the 1967 snow in Chicago. Being a brilliant 9 year old boy, I left some old spark plugs on our driveway,. Dad hit them with the snowblower, rendering it damaged and unusable. The spark plugs were given to me after dad tuned up our 59 Impala, and now one or more had jammed in the auger chain, twisting the frame out of whack but not damaging the gearbox. The shear bolt did no good when the chain jams on the sprocket. After that mishap we had no snowblower during that 67 massive snowfall. My dad did have a noticeable annoyed look that whole week too. Dad could do almost anything with tools and repaired the snowblower a short time later, it worked perfectly after. I ran it for many years when I was older. After buying a new Toro a few years prior, I finally sold the still running fine Lawnboy at a garage sale in the 80’s, as I recall. My dad has been gone over 20 years now. This video really brought back memories. Thanks for this project video, I enjoyed seeing, and hearing that sweet Lawnboy snowblower motor again.

[@ricardojano3716]

Sparky the Snow Boy - Nice light show the sparks coming out the front and chute also good for grinding glass jars LOL Love the Antique Hour now and then

[@andrewmantle7627]

Safety was always the last consideration. You could go squirrel or cat hunting.

[@rodneybrand8521]

@@andrewmantle7627 yeah..back in the day common sense was required ..now there's not much going around ..

[@danmorrissette4814]

Wow...direct drive...!! what could go wrong!! lol! Congrats on fixing this historic classic blower !! Pretty Cool!

[@shadymaint1]

My grandmother loved Lawnboy mowers. She had several over the years that I can remember. Never seen a Snowboy before.

[@freetolook3727]

Made back when machines were versatile. Combination snowblower, wood chipper and concrete resurfacer.

[@Sundog0811]

Yea now they want to sell you 3 different machines that you have to replace every other year bc of bad build quality.

[@johnobiro5202]

On my way Taryl. Great Little Machine. Good job.👍😂🇬🇧🔧

[@Gmcworrior1]

That opening to the video was great!!

[@majorpayne5289]

👍😂😂😂Gotta love Ronnie! That old Snow-Boy surprised me as it did throw snow pretty good. 👍

[@brianbanks3044]

sure have come a long way in technology and safety....loved the sparks coming off the cee ment when you first started the beast up.....OSHA and UL would have a field day with that machine today...great fix Taryl

[@michaelglynn2638]

It's in good condition for its age, nice fix Taryl, keep em running, especially Ronnie! 👍

[@rverro8478]

Look like a tiller that's been adapted for snow. Thanks for sharing.

[@frios011]

Your videos are so satisfying when I hear that engine finally fire up!

[@yellowveedub]

What a gem! Totally rad!

[@nauticalsandwich9003]

Love the lawnboy gas can in the background

[@albertpeterson7134]

Taryl Keep The Videos Coming. Thanks

[@waiting4aliens]

Briggs used to have a 3'' tall hexagonal nut you would screw down on the threaded crank, you would screw it almost all the way down, strike it with a ball peen hammer and the flywheel would break loose. This was in the late 60's early seventies. Really enjoy your videos. thanks.

[@Vortexan9804]

I think Taryl showed that item in one of his video's.

[@kbakeritsallaboutnobody.5761]

I love this lawn boy 2 stroke content.

[@kenwheelock1534]

Loved that video, I love the old machines

[@patjohnson3100]

Didn't get my first snow thrower till the early 1990s when I was in my 50s. But I really enjoy learning about the oldies. You do a great job . Thanks

[@antoniomarc7174]

That’s a cool piece of equipment…👍👍

[@rayvoorhies7180]

My dad specialized in Lawn Boy. He repaired dozens of them in the 1980's. He got some from the dump. The aluminum bodies cracked easily and ruined the mowers. Dad would salvage the engine and mount on a good frame. Never saw a Snow Boy before. Works surprisingly well in light snow.

[@grandpajim329]

👍 AWESOME DOCUMENTARY for the "OLDIE but GOODIE" $ 200.00 should cover the parts, BUT the LABOR that went into that project, you ( earned ) every penny at todays shop rate,. You are dealing close to the red line for sure. Somebody is getting a real deal "COLLECTORS PIECE!!! AWESOME JOB / 👌😍😍😍😍😍

[@oncewaslost1982]

Great video. These old engine videos are my favorite!

[@bevyarusinsky3906]

Best Video Yet! Really enjoyed Watching!

[@joemcintyre2090]

Love your videos and really appreciate your method of explaining things in the hill billy language that I can understand.

[@mcburcke]

You two had way too much fun with that thing in the snow at the end...there will be no levity during work hours!

[@johnneufled8788]

Holy cow a snow boy Used one in the winter of 1965 to clear a outdoor hockey rink Our grade 5 teacher would start it and we were on our own to finish the job It really tried to clear the snow but was pretty useless at clearing deep snow but the thing never quit One hour later it would be be out of fuel and the rink would be half done Our teacher would take it back to the hardware store and the owner would fuel it up and bring it back for the afternoon Boy was it cold - kept warm by pushing this this around Never quit throughout a tough Canadian winter and this was when 2 stroke oils were trash Some days you wonder how stuff keep working Keep up the good work Love from the grass ( and snow ) rats 😮

[@OcotilloTom]

Good Video, I remember the old Lawn Boy commercials when they were new!! I'm from Louisiana so we didn't see any snow bower ad's but we Shure saw lots of lawn mowers.

[@bobhyde4793]

I grew up with both a lawn boy and snow boy. We swapped the recoil from one to the other as the seasons changed. I think it was marked Iron Horse in top. Great watching your videos about new and old equipment.

[@bobhyde4793]

ours didn't have any skis but the tiny steel wheels in front, but it sure could blow snow

[@bobhyde4793]

I sure remember ours blowing further. funny what 50 years does for your memory

[@jerryschneider145]

OMC made Lawn Boy back in the day. They made Johnson and Evinrude outboards. The coil/points/condenser are OMC outboard parts. You can still get them from Sierra aftermarket. The carb is OMC made also.

[@JeffinTD]

Cool old piece of equipment.

[@jacquespoirier9071]

I restored an Evinrude Aquanaut, it is a surface compressor that is used for diving, it uses the Lawn Boy D400 engine and I've been faced with the same difficulties, I completely rebuilt the engine and the compressor. It have been a real challenge to find parts for that machine as it have been produced from 1966 to 1970 only so I've had to conjugate and fabricate some parts to succeed to bring back that machine to life. that video represents the difficulties to work on machinery that is out of production for a very long time very good video

[@whocares0692]

That thing can do some serious damage with that direct drive. Thanks for the video.

[@KentuckyFriedFixes]

This was a fun video. I didn't know LawnBoy even made snow blowers!

[@andeechris]

Another instant classic

[@KTHKUHNKK]

Nicely done Carol😮

[@billkrause4585]

Very interesting Taryl. I would have given up on it myself, and I like Lawn Boys.

[@silver_inferno]

Great job Taryl .

[@rockoyouthman]

That thing is beast! I love my 2 stroke lawnboy mower. Simple.

[@donparker8246]

Lawn Boy actually made a self propelled version of this snowblower. I don't think it was too reliable though I remember it had metal wheels my buddy's grandfather had one. He, my friend's dad, and my dad all worked at Johnson Outboards in Waukegan. Those old C engines were tough. Great video Taryl.

[@johnjaeger5976]

Pretty cool that your dad worked at OMC.I’m still running a 1983 Johnson 150 on a Ranger Bass boat- my dad bought it new when he retired- it was stored indoors it’s whole life. I met Ralph Evinrude (co- founder of OMC along with Mr. Johnson when I lived in Florida in the mid 70s- pretty neat guy.

[@donparker8246]

@@johnjaeger5976 he made a good living there for sure. He retired in 86 after 33 years. A lot of my friends were Johnson Motor brats like me. We had a boat when I grew up. And what kind of motor did we have? You guessed it. A Chrysler. 😂😂

[@tedoyle61]

This video really hits home for me. My grandfather had a lawnboy. I miss those days. But it was funny from the start!!! GREAT VIDEO imho!

[@alfreddill3251]

That was absolutely INCREDIBLE! Such a great video! So entertaining, so educational. Thank you!

[@ProlificInvention]

I have an early 1970s Montgomery Ward vertical shaft snowblower that looks similar in design...I'm about to tear it down to do general maintenance and repairs so this should be helpful. Thank you guys

[@ricksanchez3176]

I have the MW horizontal version, picked up for peanuts. Early 1980s, the thing is built like a tank.

[@garyruark9506]

That thing is really in good shape.

[@2packs4sure]

Back in the late nineties an old neighbor gave me the edger version of that,, it was an orange one and absolutely in mint cosmetic condition but oh did I need that coil !!! I got it running really nicely but the second it was fully hotted up she went nuts , bad coil,, the coil looked horrific... There was no one around who had one and I had no Internet to make it happen. A few years later around 2003 I sold that beautiful thing on eBay to a guy in Louisiana for $370.00 plus shipping..

[@honklerton732]

Really freaking cool old snow blower Taryl! Thanks for the upload. I'd totally want to buy it but I live where it NEVER snows (Phoenix). Maybe like once every 15-25 years - and even then it's only a quarter of an inch lol!

[@enginesandoutdoors3238]

We got one in the shed. The chute thing would always blow off and it would turn into a snow fountain. Never getting rid of it

[@ClickinChicken]

I used to do that as a kid. Crawl on the snow plow banks of MN and pretend I was in the Artic fighting for survival!

[@ClockFixer]

I like how Taryl's face looks like he's ALWAYS annoyed! LMAO

[@thedillestpickle]

I love the old Lawn-Boy 2-stroke mowers. Those Gold Series really have an appetite for grass. Put in in 3rd gear and it pulls you for a run.

[@pinecone01]

That was legit one of the funnier intro skits I've seen! As for the snowblower... seems to bog down pretty easily, the snow you had there seemed to be about the limit of what it'd handle.

[@pyrog.c.c89]

Great job T.

[@stevechristophersen5105]

Can't beat old technology. Tear down, clean, grease, reassemble, and adjust. Works 99% of the time.

[@artvandelay9374]

Ol South Hammond Charlie. I knew he’d come through 🤘🏼

[@TheOriginalFreak]

Good advice Taryl, always do your best to test your equipment in a condition closest to "real world conditions" so long as you can do so safely. Learned that lesson a few times as lad before an elder showed me, no where nearly as kindly as Taryl might I add, the trouble and added work I was causing myself back then.

[@Budget.Hot.Rodder]

I got two of these neat old lawnboys this video is pretty good info

[@warrenvalentino5763]

thank you for your videos. this video helped me a lot by showing me how to replace and gap the points. my old motor is similar to the motor on this video. keep up the Awesome work. :)

[@gordbaker896]

That was a huge gap on the circular tester. You are the Ancient Lawn Boy Whisperer! I forgot about those carb wheels.

[@danielh7503]

The exhaust helps to thaw out the auger chain.

[@billgolcher2537]

Awesome video

[@snowskier13]

Looks like Taryl has a case of Recoil Elbow. Hope its not serious. Keep up the great content

[@jtdundee]

yes! I tried the bands - got shots for that from my ortho... nothing else helped

[@Trumplican]

i like Lawn Boy because they really embraced the 2-stroke engine

[@tinkeringtaylor3053]

Great job done there Taryl you can now sit back and watch the end of Micks Mower the Mower Man video now 👍

[@metvelle]

I just realized that I lived in the same town demotte for 12 years until about a year ago.. maybe I ran into taryl at the store or gas station and didn't even know it lol

[@Jimmyzb36]

OMC Thanks for the video!

[@mattdomenic4814]

That thing is in really nice shape. A new set of case seals would be nice. Great episode! Like for sure..

[@andyhamilton8940]

I can almost smell the varnish!

[@mattclark5480]

Thanks for the video 👍

[@iamburl2667]

Perfect knowledge, very informative, you should design space shuttles so their safe, thank you for your expertise , and simply honest and amazing to you and your family and friends you are with, elkskin ronnie, jr uncle Andy is awesome

[@markamcampbell6340]

nice spark show upfront.

[@Farm_fab]

That gas tank reminds me of the air cooled boat engines of the day.

[@russguppy8761]

Watching Ronnie complain about the snow is like watching my wife. Lmao

[@Goomer]

Sparking auger to help melt the snow.

[@johnnybratsch-zw4ce]

Love this guy

[@joetaverna5264]

Hey taryl.i love when you work on lawn boy products stay safe my friend tell the crew I said hello have a great day take care

[@garymallard4699]

i made a set of ski's for my 45 " Cub Cadet Man-Snowblower...it was hard to use before i got a layer of packed snow on my gravel driveway... down too low and digging as i turned...i tried wheels..which were ok straight but turning was worse..then made up the ski's out of 1" wide flat bar and bend them to match the bottom of auger frame....and welded a nut inside the frame and angle iron with a bolt and spacers..it installs in minutes and removes as quickly too...works great and turns perfectly on any surface...once i have a hard base i remove to clean lower to base... it should have had wider shoes from factory...

[@bushmaster2936]

I have to wonder what the auger speed is at full throttle on that goo gobbler !! Best keep Fluffy at a good distance !

[@Me16768]

STARTING FLUID? Oh the humanity!!

[@RussellHoughton]

When you pulled the flywheel I said that coil and points looks like a omc outboard coil then I Sean omc on the cover. Those coils are easy to find.

[@kenhilson786]

What is the purpose of the angled screw in the briggs spark tester?

[@schmails]

Laughed out loud at Ronnie fighting his way through the “blizzard”… Hilarious. 😜

[@Max-yj4sp]

That coil looks like its the same one used on omc outboards of the same era. Those old omc coils always delaminate like that.

[@bartdaw6681]

You sure find some interesting antique power equipment.

[@curtwuollet2912]

I had a little 2 stroke snowblower. Here in MN, I'd use a shovel to get to the little one, and use that to get to the big snowblower.

[@jimmyday9536]

I like that it has "Coloramic Styling". 😀☺️🤠

[@jesseblack0713]

I have one just like I am going to be fixing up this summer.

[@sgnt9337]

I thought I saw some sparks coming from the tines the first time you got it started.

[@chrisschmidt8470]

That lawn boy coil looks just like a omc Johnson outboard coil and points from a light twin series motor that are still available from sierra if your in a pinch again 😉