Curious George 4 #1 Posted Friday at 01:20 AM Recently purchased this lawn tractor which I believe is a lawn master for a whole $75 with hopes of restoring it to its former glory and eventually getting some attachments and using it. Trying to identify and get most of the parts I need to do so but have been stuck on the trans axle mainly but also what this thing started out as. Has the frame painted like a porter cable and one other lawn master I’ve seen but obviously was repainted red and even found some small spots of yellow paint on the frame. Anyways can’t find any peerless models that match the trans axle exactly and with some research found out when dura corp first started making the lawn masters and moto mowers they used a trans axle they built in house. But with how much was modified on this thing I’m hoping with these pictures someone on here can help me. On the bright side the 6hp kholer isn’t locked up and still has plenty of oil in it, the gas tank was dry as a bone when I picked it up and the gear oil in the trans axle doesn’t look all that old so my hopes are high for getting her going again, just gonna need a lot of cosmetic and electrical work. I appreciate any and all advice and tips! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 67,240 #2 Posted Friday at 10:23 AM George, I'm curious too. I like the grill on that unit but am not sure why the box was added to the hood top. There were so many small manufacturers of lawn and garden tractors in the early to mid 1960s that it is hard to keep track of all of them. If the engine has a spec. number you could do an internet search for that number and some sites tell you what applications it was used on. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike'sHorseBarn 3,585 #3 Posted Friday at 12:15 PM With the white hood and green transmission, looks like a lawnmaster to me. I used to have one! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 12,399 #4 Posted Friday at 12:40 PM Yup looks to have started out as a Lawnmaster... That face takes a bit of getting used to though...! The bug eyes & crooked smile! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 70,447 #5 Posted 16 hours ago 22 hours ago, ri702bill said: That face takes a bit of getting used to though...! The bug eyes & crooked smile! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Curious George 4 #6 Posted 1 hour ago On 7/10/2026 at 8:15 AM, Mike'sHorseBarn said: With the white hood and green transmission, looks like a lawnmaster to me. I used to have one! Do you know what trans axle yours had in it? I mainly just need to replace seals so would I just be better off not knowing and finding seals that will work to replace the old ones as I rebuild it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike'sHorseBarn 3,585 #7 Posted 14 minutes ago Dura manufacturing made their own transmissions for lawnmaster, moto mower, mf executive etc. I found seals for the axle, but not for the input or brake shafts. I'm still trying to find that info for the massey executive I'm working on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
