My new Murray push mower

[malibuguy79]

My 1988 or 89 MTD is starting to turn into swiss cheese. My dad bought it new, used it as back up mower until I bought my house 12 years ago then I took it. Deck on the other side (I forgot to take a pic of the rot) is just falling apart.

Anyways, I wanted my own from new so I grabbed this at Home Depot. I am currently waiting on my order of HPL break in oil to run it in on before putting into use. Also it has a foam air filter so Ill likely give that some proper Maxima or BelRay filter oil. Its a 140cc B-S ohv.

 

[Slick3914]

HPL in a push mower?

 

[Jdeere562]

Engine is most likely the least of your worries. Rest of the mower will probably be trash before you wear out the engine.

 

[Olds394]

HPL in a push mower?

It’s in both of mine. 10w-20

 

[malibuguy79]

HPL in a push mower?

Yeah why not? I keep 5w30 pcmo in stock for my cars. Just I didnt have any break in oil on hand.

 

[loneryder]

Looks like you are already behind in mowing.

 

[Lubener]

36 years is a very good run for a mower.

 

[Greenbeforeblue]

All you need now is a 15 year old who's cash strapped to push it around the yard

 

[97prizm]

Wow I had a murray for years. It served me well when I had my own mowing business. I didn't know murray was still around.

 

[Jdeere562]

Wow I had a murray for years. It served me well when I had my own mowing business. I didn't know murray was still around.

I think Briggs & Stratton produces the Murray mowers these days. As I recall they bought them and a few other brands.

About Briggs & Stratton
Briggs & Stratton, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is focused on providing power to get work done and make people's lives better. Briggs & Stratton is the world's largest producer of gasoline engines for outdoor power equipment, and is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of commercial lithium-ion batteries, power generation, pressure washer, lawn and garden, turf care and job site products through its Briggs & Stratton®, Simplicity®, Snapper®, Ferris®, Vanguard®, Allmand®, Billy Goat®, Murray®, Branco® and Victa® brands. Briggs & Stratton products are designed, manufactured, marketed and serviced in over 100 countries on six continents.

SOURCE Briggs & Stratton

 

[4WD]

My 1988 or 89 MTD is starting to turn into swiss cheese. My dad bought it new, used it as back up mower until I bought my house 12 years ago then I took it. Deck on the other side (I forgot to take a pic of the rot) is just falling apart.

Anyways, I wanted my own from new so I grabbed this at Home Depot. I am currently waiting on my order of HPL break in oil to run it in on before putting into use. Also it has a foam air filter so Ill likely give that some proper Maxima or BelRay filter oil. Its a 140cc B-S ohv.
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Sharp machine - I recall having Craftsman in silver …
B&S always served me well …

 

[fantastic]

Looks like it's ready to chomp on some grass. Nice looking mower. The problem is that we don't get that long life, like your old mower, today is due to parts support & cost of labor to fix it (no shop really messes w/them). Do you know what the warranty is on this Murray?

 

[Lubener]

All you need now is a 15 year old who's cash strapped to push it around the yard

Good luck with that.

 

[The_Eric]

All you need now is a 15 year old who's cash strapped to push it around the yard

Why pay a 15yo when you can just conscript your 10 or 12yo into doing it for free like when we were kids??

I started out pushing our 1.4 acre yard growing up which was a blast . At least it was a self propelled unit (but very heavy). I did graduate to a bicycle handle barred Snapper one blade rider eventually, but still needed the push mower for the ditches.

 

[malibuguy79]

It comes with a 2 year warranty @fantastic

 

[Lubener]

SAE 10 in a mower? I would expect some oil consumption using that. I would put in what is recommended.

 

[CharlieJ]

The mower didn't come with oil that you could use as "break-in" oil before using the HPL oil?

That's the same engine I had on my previous mower. I bumped the RPM up to 3600 for extra cutting power, it worked great.

 

[malibuguy79]

SAE 10 in a mower? I would expect some oil consumption using that. I would put in what is recommended.

Just for intial run in. Mower came with 10w-20 oil. I actually ordered the HPL break in oil before I bought the mower.

 

[Silverado12]

FWIW I use either the Briggs brand 30W oil or NAPA brand 10W-30 full syn. in those motors. Also, my valve adjustment was a little off (Exhaust tight, intake loose) when I did my first adjustment after 1 year. I give mine a new air filter every year, change the oil and sharpen the blade before winter sets in. Briggs says no oil changes but we all know better. Edit: that looks like an MTD deck and you can get replacements for a reasonable price around $100 USD.

 

[Silverado12]

Deck Here's a replacement deck. The price must have gone up since I was looking around last year but there may be cheaper ones if you look hard enough. Here's another Deck a little cheaper.