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35 years ago, I bought a used Lawn Boy of unknown vintage from my brother. I used it for 15 years, never had an issue with it. Then I decided to upgrade to a new Honda. I've got no idea what model it was, but it was self-propelled. I had lots of problems with it, not the least of which was fuel contamination from crap getting in the fuel tank vent. I removed and cleaned the carburetor countless times, as Honda never thought to fit a fuel filter and the way they routed the fuel line made it difficult to install one of any decent capacity. It also had troubles with the self-propelled mechanism, I don't recall what those were.
I finally junked it, bought an inexpensive John Deere push mower and haven't looked back since. Starts first pull on the first day of mowing, whether I drained the gas out for the winter or not. It now smokes a little bit, but it mows just fine. I suspect it will outlive my interest in mowing the yard myself.
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