Flymo 2-stroke hover mowers
Pair of early two-stroke Flymo hover mowers, dating from mid to late 70′s. Still in running order, one has been restored, the other awaiting a stripdown and tidy.
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@racette369 These mowers are very old now, you might be best looking in junkyards or visit some second-hand grass machinery stores. This type of mower didn’t dell for long in the USA due to safety concerns, so you may have a hard job finding one. Toro made a 2-stroke hover for the USA market in the ’80s, fitted witha Clinton engine, these seem to be more common than the British-made Flymos.
where do you get those please tell me
@cardboardboxeater Now I NEED to get one…lol …my neighbors would be like WTF is that death machine you got there…LOL
Do they come with a complimentary pair of steel toe boots?!? If not they should….lol
@arontee They do cut grass well, but tend to make a mess, as the grass clippings get blown around everywhere. These are the most common type of lawnmower in the UK, have been for the last 20 years or so, though electric versions are more popular than gas/petrol engined machines.
@cardboardboxeater I guess the main thing here is, did it cut the grass worth a damn or was it just a gimmick ?
@arontee These were briefly sold in America in the early/mid 80′s. They were rapidly withdrawn due to safety concerns!
This is very intriguing!…I did not know this ever existed….
@1334gordonsm652 Diaphragms are indeed still available, I got some new Tecumseh ones off Ebay a while ago. I was lucky a few months ago, my next-door-neighbour gave me a pair of MV100S engines for free, both in running order. Not as interesting as the old AV series, but worth hanging onto.
Yes, the carbs are rare. I’ve kept the old one but it must be blocked up somewhere, possibly around the main jet area near the welch plug, since it doesn’t run with that. The diaphragm carbs varied somewhat. They have one way valves at the inlet, some have one with a ball bearing and others are different again and have to be screwed into to extract them..but I don’t think you can get any bits now, except perhaps diaphragms etc. There was also an AV600 engine and a larger AV125.
@1334gordonsm652 Thanks for your comments. The JLO engines are superb, there are still plenty of JLO-powered GT2′s turning up on Ebay, these engines were certainly built to last.
You did well finding those carburettors, they’re as rare as hen’s teeth nowadays!
Always nice to hear these two-strokes running. Personally I think that the early JLO engine with the contact-breaker points was the best one. I’ve run two of these recently and they’re belters. I was fortunate in finding a couple of brand new diaphragm carbs for these early ones on Ebay recently, one with choke and one without.
As for colours IIRC in the early ’70s, the Domestic was orange and the Professional was blue, Contractor yellow.
@cardboardboxeater Two stroke mowers are the best. They are more powerful than an equivalent four stroke, they are lighter, and they can run at any position as long as they have a diaphragm carburettor. And they don’t get starved of oil if they go up a hill. They certainly smell better than four strokes! And they run cooler, so they’re less likely to overheat if they get full of grass.
@MrMoterKid Have to say, I do like the characteristics of a 2-stroke, light weight, revvy, and the noise of course! Plus, the smell of two-stroke exhaust mixed with fresh grass clippings is just unbeatable.
@cardboardboxeater Mine certainly start! straight away too! But the temperamentalness of two strokes is what makes them fun! Trying to get them running properly in the first place! My strimmers are very tempermental even though theres nothing wrong with them!
@MrMoterKid You’re probably better off with the Briggs to be honest, the old two-strokes can be very unreliable and temperamental. Briggs engines always start!
Very nice Flymo’s! There is still quite a few of these around. I saw one at the dump a couple of weeks ago, exactly the same as the domestic one, I should have got it but I got a Briggs and Stratton 3.5HP mower instead.
Not sad at all matey! I find these old machines fascinating. Unfortunately a lack of space prohibits me having a collection of vintage mowers. Thanks again for your comments, that’s some very interesting information you have provided.
@cardboardboxeater Yes the contractor models are quite rare now as they were designed for hard work and not many have survived,they were introduced in 1971 and originally had kirby-lauson engines but were later replaced with the aspera AV-750.The 21″ model had an odd looking octagonal shaped deck but the very first ones from 1971 were the standard shape.Also originally they were yellow but for the last couple of years (76-77) they were green.Years ago I used to collect flymos,sad eh .
Thanks very much! Particularly interested in the colour coding of the hoods, I’d always wondered why the contractor ones were yellow. Cheers.
The domestic model has the TA 633 engine (5.1 cu inch) and the professional has the VA 633 (5.8 cu inch).Both run on a 16-1 fuel mix.With the domestic model thats a sign of low compression, try continually pumping the primer button while it is running before it cuts out,that should keep the revs up and once it has warmed up a bit it should run on its own.
Hi, just a slight correction.Both these models would date from the early 70s,1960s models had top mounted starters with diaphram carb & primer button and later had bowl carb with cholk.Up to around 1978 flymo decks were colour coded- orange 15″&19″= domestic, blue 19″ only= professional, yellow or green 19″& 21″= contractor,after that they were all orange with brown engines.Also the earlier flymos had TA or VA engines (1965-74) later models had the AV series (1974 onwards).
Cool. Please do a video when you get it finished, I’d really like to see that!
Thanks for the video, very nice! I have a TORO Flymo from 1965 that I am going to restore. It has a Tecumseh &633-58A two cycle engine.
Hello,
does anyone know where I can get a users manual for the shown flymo domestic 2stroke mower?
I resurrcted one a week ago and I managed to get it running surprisingly problemless after 25-30 years of non use, but I habe problems starting it with the normal starter.