Older Murray Rider-“Ultra
I need some parts sourcing assistance for an older Murray rider. The information plate is blurred so the model number is not clear. I am relatively sure it reads “42672X8A ” The serial number is: 7428507001F00558.It has an opposed piston Briggs, built in 2000.Its green, with a hydrostatic drive. The speed control is not a pedal but a lever on the left side, with 5 detents and reverseThe drive belt has only one spring loaded belt tensioner pulley (flat)
I need a parts book or a parts source. (ereplacements.com does not recognize the model number)
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Thanks for your reply. The 42572x8a is close but my mower does not have the belt tensioning arrange as shown, mine has just one pulley to tension the drive belt. Another difference is the speed control for mine is a lever in the right fender, not a pedal. The decks are the same. The parts I need are the drive belt and the hydrostatic drive belt.
I’m betting that if you look closely at the model number again it might be a 42572X8A. This manual should help you out. http://www.thepowerportal.com/ipls/ipl.htm?md=42572x8A_IPLURL_LO.pdfattachment=1
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I don’t understand what is going on here, as the tag says what I posted 42572X8A, which is a foot pedal unit. I looked up units with a fender control. Your tagged unit takes a motion drive belt of 037X61MA and a deck belt of 037X88MA. The best help I can give you with a fender control is as follows; motion drive belt is 037X87MA and deck belt is 037X88MA. The 037X61MA is 95.5” long. The 037X87MA is 97.5” long. You will have to remove the old belt and measure before ordering. Sorry I can’t be of more help, maybe someone else can enlighten both of us what is going on here.
Murray Lawnmowers
Home ownership is a central component of the American Dream. Almost everyone has visions of waking up in their own home in the suburbs on a Saturday and running out to play catch with the kids or hosting a neighborhood barbeque. Instead, we find ourselves waking-up on Saturday morning to a foot-high forest of grass in the backyard, and we spend our day caring for the lawn instead of enjoying it.
Murray Lawnmowers are designed to help you care for your lawn quickly and get on with life…they allow you to spend more time enjoying your yard, rather than caring for it.
Speed and Maneuverability
One of the most important considerations for many lawn owners is speed. Many low-cost mowers sacrifice power in order to lower the price, but this often leads to missed patches of grass that have to be re-mowed. Murray lawnmowers are equipped with powerful motors and designed with large wheels for easy maneuverability. Each aspect of a Murray is intended to get you done with maintenance quickly so you can enjoy your yard.
Murray produces many different models of lawnmowers. There are five lighter push models for those with smaller lawns such as might be found around a typical suburban home. Murray also make ten models of self-propelled walk behind mowers to make it easier to maintain larger lawns. Additionally, they produce eight models of riding or tractor style mowers for commercial properties or homeowners with large acreages. Murray even produces several electric models, which can be powered by either a battery or an extension cord. These models are designed primarily for very small patches of lawn located close to houses or apartments in urban areas.
Need Help With Your Lawn?
Murray tends to spend less on advertising than many other brands such as John Deere or Toro, so they don’t have as much name recognition as those brands. They also tend to be sold at large discount stores like Walmart or Target, so they have a reputation as a discount lawnmower. Yet customers generally report satisfaction with all Murray models, and the riding models are particularly well regarded.
Murray mowers are usually priced much lower than their competitors, and most consumers are pleasantly surprised at the reliability of the equipment compared to the purchase price. All Murray lawnmowers have a two year warranty, but many owners report using their Murray for ten years or more without difficulty. Because their competitors are usually two or three times as expensive, it is possible to purchase a Murray every fours years and it would still cost less.
Common Complaints About Murray Lawnmowers
Of course, not all reviews of Murray are favorable. One of the major complaints regarding Murray lawnmowers has been their customer support. Their website seems geared primarily at the European market, and many Northern American consumers find it difficult to find either parts or authorized dealers by using the site.
They also do not have a list of products on the North American version of the site, so a United States owner or interested consumer has to navigate the European site to find available models. Additionally, it is usually difficult to find replacement parts for Murray lawnmowers at local supply stores, though they have made significant strides in making parts more available through online retailers, and their own site features a parts selection.
Murray has also suffered some unflattering press in the last couple years due to a large recall. A consumer safety group reported that the plastic covering used to shield the operator from debris was not strong enough and could crack under heavy use.
In other words, as the mower was cutting larger items like twigs the small pieces could pierce the shield and fly off in any direction and injure bystanders, whereas other manufacturers use metal or fiberglass shielding that is more resistant to damage. Though there were no reported injuries, Murray voluntarily recalled over eight thousand mowers and replaced the shields as a precautionary measure. Despite the commendable preemptive recall, Murray still is dealing with the negative public perception of product safety.
However, many of the complaints regarding Murray motors are common to any mowers. Repair shops have reported that people come in complaining about their “cheap Murray lawnmower” breaking down, but the repair person realizes that the owner was not using the machine properly.
For example, many complaints deal with a stuck blade, but oftentimes this is due to mowing the grass shortly after a rain. Almost any mower has difficulty with wet grass. Another common complaint is an oil leak, but Murray representatives have shown that this is typically due to either overfilling the oil reservoir or improper maintenance.
When Murray mowers are properly cared for, they tend to last for well beyond their published life expectancy.
Quality Under the Hood
Though they seem to prize their European market more than the United States, Murray mowers use American-made Briggs and Stratton engines. Briggs and Stratton is a Wisconsin-based manufacturer that has been producing high-quality engines direct to equipment manufacturers for over a hundred years.
Since the 1990s they have also reduced the carbon footprint of their engines by almost seventy-five percent, meaning that Murray motors benefit the environment beyond the borders of your lawn. Sometimes Murray lawnmowers are even sold under the Briggs and Stratton brand name in the United States.
Conclusion: Value, Variety and Power
Whether you have a small patch of grass in the city or a large homestead in the country, Murray makes a lawnmower to fit the size of your lawn. Because Murray distributes its mowers through discount stores, they also fit the size of almost any budget. When they are properly maintained, Murray lawnmowers can last as long or longer than more expensive brands, meaning that you can spend less money caring for your lawn and more on discovering new ways of enjoying it.
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Reply James Taylor September 6, 2021 at 10:40 pm I definitely think you can get a new mower for under 300dollars ! I have a murry lawnmower and I would not trade it for any other mower!
Reply marshall June 29, 2012 at 4:49 am when i bought my first home i learned quick a lawnmower was a quickly needed item cause i was under a association so money was tight i went to sears and charged a craftsmen ez mulch mower. I cut the lawn twice it broke down, carb probs. They replaced it summer ended after four more mows and was garaged till following summer. Tried to start it. Was carb again now no longer warranted. What junk. growing up i mowed lawns in the neighborhood and ive used toro. john deere, mclain and you name it. no Honda ill admit that. Anyway after the house sold was at my fathers and him and the neighbor across the street were just crushed that murray was no longer and any way i ended up buying a used one from another neighbor and i tell you it looked to be on the last lap. That was five years ago and just two days ago i was cutting down a lawn in front of a abandoned house. Four feet tall this brush, bottles and sticks and bricks buried in it and that murray plowed it down like a damn tractor and ive seen new ones at wal mart under two hundred bucks. I agree with dad and neighbor murray is the best lawn mower ever sold and they dont need a big support staff cause the damn things dont ever break down. EVER! When it comes to lawn mowing buy a murray and you wont go wrong all ive done to this mower is change the back wheels and im convinced itll still mow down a mountain.
Reply Tahni Nichols July 7, 2012 at 3:15 pm I purchased a 22″ Murray push mower to mow a clean front back yard. After assembled adding recommended amount of oil at home I couldn’t pull start it. It was locked up. I took it back to the store and a young man lifted it up moved the blades around and it was then able to be started. He informed me that I would need to lift the mower to move the blades to “unlock” it. I returned it for another one. (I should’ve just got a refund!) I was able to pull start this one but it would sligghtly shake. I took it back to the store they checked to see if blades were loose but they were tight. I took it back home (stupid me). After I mowed my yard 3 times over a 6 week period the motor casing completely broke loose from the mower body. I am a home owner, a single mom and public school teacher and I can tell you that I will never purchase another Murray lawnmower.
Reply jimmy adams April 27, 2015 at 11:01 pm To the man that could mow down a moutain with a murry. Iv never seen any mover cut bottles bricks and glass.and 4 ft tall grass jungles with push mower sorry but there seems to be a little bit of stretching the truth there.
Reply Donald McCaughey September 1, 2012 at 10:31 pm The push mower ran good for 2 months, then started slow speed and would not run long. The air filter contained some sticky stuff hence bought a nother briggs Stratton filter and used oil in the filter. Changed the oil on the motor and the gas. Still will not run for long without stopping after a short time. I bought the mower at Walmart product model 961140025 01 and catalog M22450 cut width 22″ serial 032312M056201 hence still under warrantee so how do I fex the problem
Reply david November 14, 2012 at 1:14 am WHat model riding mower made had the rear wheels turn with the front? What year/years was it produced?
Reply Ron March 27, 2013 at 2:51 am I have a Murray Select 46″. 18.5 HP Twin BS mower, dark green in color, and trying to find replacement parts. The problem is the model # has wore off and can not read any of it. Not sure of year built. Any suggestions ? Thank you.
Reply Charles Sparks July 31, 2013 at 11:08 pm I have had a Murray zero turn for 7 weeks. It has been in the shop 3 of those. Wal Mart does not stand behind this item. Was directed by Wal Mart to contact Murray. They put me in touch with their service center. They could not fix it. Was told to take it to another service center which was 30 miles away. Asked if their people could help the center it was at. We informed it was not their problem and take it to another repair center. I tell everyone to stay away from any MTD product now. Have gone back to my 13 year old craftsman.
Reply barbara mills August 24, 2017 at 8:52 pm we bought a murray select riding lawn mower at wal mart april 2016 first thing to happen belt fell off then the right front tire fell off and the center of the right front wheel broke the right steering arm broke into and now up to this date the right front tire has fallen off 29 times this mower is JUNK JUNK JUNK. we will never buy a murray product again. my husband contacted wal mart and murray in may 2016 and 2017. they will not stand behind their mowers. paid 13hundred dollars for this piece of JUNK.
Murray Ride-On Lawn Mower
Comfortable ride. Service it once a year at dealers. No problems so far. First battery had very short life. So bought a solar powered 12v trickle charger (about A26). This has made second battery last 3 years and still going. Tight turning circle. I have 1/2 acre on steep slope and it handles it fine. Only issue really is that when cutting blade engaged, and catcher removed or you get off your seat, the engine stops. Safety features. But that can be fixed by depressing the cutoff button and driving one handed.
I purchased my ride on in June 2010. Its not that perfect but it does do the work. I mower in long grass (weeds) on our 10acre property and it very rough out there not a manicure lawn. and in the 8 yrs works great. Have changed the blades 3 times (going through stick and what not) and the belt only once.It more than does its work. Where I was told why did I buy It not a good mower. Well I proved them wrong my Murray is still going strong and out lasted their ride on Mowers.The seat is not that great bit hard, but that’s it. It works hard and I did not buy a lemon.
The worst piece of equipment I have ever purchased
Flat battery after 2 uses. Seat cut out too sensitive to slopes and light people. Drive belt became detached after 4 uses and then snapped after the fifth. Hard to start when warm. Now after about 25 uses won’t start at all. It also cuts divots out of the lawn when in reverse. Waiting for the dealer to take it away for good. I was suddenly widowed last year, our old mower (Ranger) was 24 years old, which had served us well, was blowing smoke and noisy. So bought a brand new Murray so that I wouldn’t have any problems. What a joke, A piece of junk. Designed for American lawns, which apparently are like bowling greens.Not too bigUnreliable
After purchasing my ride on mower from CRT. paid cash and they delivered it for me ,3 K because i did not havea trailer. After 10 hours of running noticed front wheels had a wobble. upon removal of the front wheels found there were not any wheel bearings only bushes also found a grease nipple to grease each of the bushes. Further inspection reveiled the axles were worn.Contacted my supplier about warranty and was informed was a wear and tear object and not covered under warranty. I replaced the 2 axles and the bushes plus put a trailer dus
Read more t cap over the bush so not to let dust in. It is working alright now but my query is why not have proper bearings and seals as these machines are expensive, even my wheel trolley has bearings and dust caps. Good Motor Bad Warranty service
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Pics of 1st murray`s made??
Try googling NOMA /AYP. back then alot of tractors were badged under different manufacturers, but made by one company. yours looks like a craftsman.
I looked for them at wikipedia.org. murray came up but it was mostly about bicycles. Might have to research at a library.
I have an 80’s agway thats also a murray.
BBY_Murray
Follow this link to the archives, I think you are signed up there? Click the top link then click on the 74-xxxx links. That will have drawings of the 1974 tractors.
The photo below is from an 1975 advertisement. The 1974 tractors were basically the same. If the mod puts my other response through, just ignore the message, I had you confused with someone called “OldMurray” on a different forum. The link is still worth checking out though.
oldmurrayfan
thanks so much for the information. it is identical to mine exept the paint scheme. i didnt repaint the part under the grill black though even though it was originally. i mite do that now though to get it as close to original as possible. and ill repaint the wheels the factory white, even though the chrome looks good on it, and im gonna put the deck back on it in a few days and start mowing. its just so awsome mowing the yard with old iron, niegbours are amazed. thanks again
1978 Murray 11 with deck 1978 Murray 11 no deck, push blade on front 1983 Murray 1979 Turf Trac 1977 Indian Chief 1991 Statesman
What is Murray?
To understand how Murray as a company got to where they are today, we need to take a look back at where it came from. They actually started life in 1919 as the Murray Ohio Manufacturing Company, which made fenders, fuel tanks, and other automobile parts. At this time, all of their manufacturing was done out of Cleveland, Ohio. Murray actually became quite a big name in bicycles as well, but declining sales led to the company being acquired by the British investment group Tomkins plc in 1988. The bicycle manufacturing arm of the Murray company has since been acquired by a Dutch conglomerate called Pon Holdings. By this time, they had started to manufacture lawn mowers and garden equipment and were producing under several brand names. They purchased the Noma brand in 1993, they manufactured all of the “502” and “536” lawn mowers made under the Craftsman name at Sears, and they made Stanley lawn mowers for Wal-Mart as well. For a time, Murray lawn mowers were among the most popular in the country, and you will still find their classic red models in the sheds and garages of American homes to this day. Over the last 20 years, however, the success of the company has greatly declined. Read also Who Makes Radley Lawn Mowers (Are They Good, Quality ) Read also Who Makes Cub Cadet Lawn Mowers (Are They Good, Quality)
High demand and manufacturing issues led to a decline in quality over the years, and a disastrous recall in 2004 which labeled some models as a safety hazard. By the end of 2004, the Murray company had unfortunately become bankrupt, but the brand did manage to survive. The Briggs Stratton Corporation acquired the brand name in 2005 and was able to purchase the vast majority of its assets as well. Today, Briggs Stratton owns Murray lawn mowers, and they are now responsible for making all of the newer models that you can find on the market.
What is Briggs Stratton?
So, who are the people that actually own the Murray brand today? Briggs Stratton is mainly in the business of manufacturing gasoline engines, which are now used exclusively to power Murray lawn mowers. The company was founded in 1908 by an inventor named Stephen Foster Briggs and an investor called Harold M. Stratton. Together, they started a business making automotive components and gasoline engines. The company has gone on to make many innovations in engine technology, and has acquired a large number of other brands as well. Now, Briggs Stratton makes almost 6500 billion per year and employs over 5,000 people. They have 13 facilities in the US, and more around the world in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and the Netherlands.
Are Murray Lawn Mowers Any Good?
While there aren’t many options left for Murray lawn mowers, they are relatively well-regarded. The Briggs Stratton engines are powerful and reliable, and the mowers are reportedly easy to put together and simple to use and maneuver.
Overall, they are relatively simple models that come with a reasonable price tag. Some reviews do criticize the build quality and the fact that weaker materials have been used for some component parts.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like the new Murray mowers will have the same longevity as the old Murray tractors, which some people are still using to this day!
Where Can You Buy Murray Lawn Mowers?
Murray lawn mowers used to be sold at different stores all over the country, but that is not the case anymore. You can’t buy Murray lawn mowers from Lowe’s or Sears – in fact, they are currently exclusively sold at just one store in North America.
You can only buy Murray lawn mowers at The Home Depot right now, although there have been some older models for sale at Walmart in the last 10 years.
So, if you’re looking for a new Murray mower, The Home Depot is the place to go, but you can still find parts for older Murray mowers elsewhere.
Conclusion
So, who makes Murray lawn mowers? They are now owned by Briggs Stratton, who manufacture all of the newest models on the market. In previous years, Murray lawn mowers were some of the most popular in the US, but a decline in quality and manufacturing issues led to the company becoming bankrupt in 2004.
Although the Murray brand is still making new mowers, they have been producing fewer and fewer models each year. Now, you can only find a few Murray push mowers for sale exclusively at The Home Depot.
New Murray mowers are reasonably well-reviewed, though not particularly highly-regarded in terms of manufacturing quality. It seems as though the success of the company is still far from what it once was.