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Thanks, Maxwestern.

It certainly looks like it has a cast deck. This one has an 8.5hp Honda motor with pull start, so I’m guessing it may not be the original engine.

It’s had its fair share of interesting repairs over the years and, while it works well enough for my current standards, it does need a fair bit of work and a few parts replaced.

The ginger cat, Hudson, was meant to be handing me tools, but he is easily distracted.

Cheers,
John

Hi Bumps,
That will do it no problems, I thought you had split the wheels apart. It is not too difficult to make up a jig so you can press them back together but this idea saves the messing around

Hi MM,

It sounds like it could be The 1E44F-5 is a common 52cc, Engine Specifications Displacement: 51.6cc to 52ccPower Output: Typically ranges between 1.4 kW and 1.8 kWOperating Speed: Max engine speeds of 6,500 to 8,500 RPM, with an idle of around 3,000 RPMFuel Ratio: Requires a 2-cycle oil to gasoline mixture, commonly at 25:1

I usually keep them as they use them in a ton of equipment and are a handy motor for a lot of projects.



Lawn & Garden Equipment

Heavy-Duty Brush Cutters / Whipper Snippers: This is the absolute "sweet spot" for this engine. It is the default motor for almost every unbranded, budget straight-shaft brush cutter on the market.

5-in-1 Multi-Tools: The exact same power head paired with quick-release split-shafts to switch between a line trimmer, pole chainsaw, hedge trimmer, and brush blade.

Mini Garden Tillers / Cultivators: Because the 51cc motor is lighter than the 61cc, it’s the most popular choice for those small, lightweight tillers used to churn up garden soil and flower beds.

Lawn Edgers: Dedicated wheeled or stick edgers used to cut clean lines along sidewalks.

2. Recreation & Gas Toys (The "G-Scooter" Engine)

Stand-Up Gas Scooters: If you see a generic Chinese gas scooter (often called a "Stand-Up Extreme" or "Mach 1"), it almost certainly has this 51cc/52cc engine bolted to a small chain-drive gearbox.

Gas Skateboards / Motoboards: Off-road skateboards with hand-held throttle cables and a 51cc engine mounted over the rear trucks.

Pocket Bikes & Mini Dirt Bikes: Small "pocket rockets" (like the generic MTA2 or X1/X2 styles) and 50cc-class kids' dirt bikes.

Drift Trikes: Custom or factory-built three-wheelers with slick PVC rear tires for drifting on asphalt.

3. Farm & Construction Tools

One-Man Earth Augers (Post Hole Diggers): While the 61cc is used for heavy, two-man augers, this 51cc engine is the go-to for lightweight, one-man post hole diggers.

1-Inch Water Transfer Pumps: Lightweight, portable pumps used by farmers and homeowners to move water out of flooded areas or trenches.

Gas-Powered Fence Post Drivers: Handheld pounding tools used to drive T-posts into the ground using a heavy internal piston slammed by this motor.

Portable Winches: Small, gas-powered capstan winches used by hunters to drag game or loggers to pull small trees.

4. Marine & Special Applications

Kayak & Dinghy Outboards: Extremely popular for budget, air-cooled 2.5 HP to 3 HP outboard motors used on small fishing boats and inflatables.

Gas-Powered Concrete Vibrators: Used on construction sites to settle wet concrete and remove air bubbles.

The Secret to this Motor

Whether the sticker on the plastic shroud says 51.2cc, 52cc, 517, or has a brand name like Demon, Texas, Viron, or Timbertech, if it has a 44mm cylinder bore, it is the exact same engine. Parts are universally interchangeable, dirt cheap, and available everywhere.


Cheers
Max.

Legend, thank you once again

How does the roller shaft attach to the curved end frames

Here’s anothe Victa Twin 500

https://ebay.io/m/8DEszU

Vintage Victa 500 Twin Lawn Mower
Classic Victa 500 Twin 2-stroke mower (170cc). Rare vintage model featuring the twin-cylinder engine.
Condition: Used, shows signs of age and surface rust on the handles as seen in image.png.
Engine: Victa 170cc 2-Stroke.
Status: Ideal restoration project for collectors or vintage mower enthusiasts.
Pickup only. Make an offer.

https://ebay.io/m/8DEszU

Thanks, Max, that’s an excellent description. However, it ends out that this one’s screwed on with a 3/8 UNF RH thread. I saw the end of the thread peeking through the rust. I’m going to machine a new one from a 2” pulley blank. More fun in the workshop!

Hello everyone,

After learning so much from this forum and spending nearly 20 years repairing lawn mowers as a hobby, it's finally time to declutter my garage.

I have several boxes of used spare parts that I'd like to give away free to someone who can put them to good use. I'd much rather see them reused than end up in the next council clean-up.

Most of the parts are for Briggs & Stratton engines with diaphragm-style carburettors, including:

- Starter coils
- Plastic carburettors
- Fuel tanks
- Mufflers
- Air filter assemblies

There are also parts for a Rover Suzuki 2-stroke engine, plus some older Briggs & Stratton metal carburettors and fuel tanks.

Not shown in the photos, but also included, are plenty of old Victa snorkels and a number of plastic carburettors in decent condition.

I'd like to give everything away as a single lot, as-is.


Pickup is from Panania, in Sydney's South West.

If you're interested, send me a message.

Cheers,

Max

Hi Max.

Thankyou for the detailed explanation.

Currently there isn't a spring to the front from the deck brake lever with brake pad, so that's an item on the list. Planning to run it from the same rod as which has the tab for the adjustment lever to the deck brake, with the idea the the spring act like a tendon on the ankle.
Hoping a deck height spring from a push mower covers that
Will play with the deck engagement lever by moving it to a different hole.
One thing, the deck brake is in the centre of the deck, can't seem to locate a hole for the spring to seat into, that's still to be worked on will find out when I pull it out.

Anyway I will keep everyone updated, hopefully I remember to take some happy snaps.

Thank you so much Bruce I am a new member and have been looking for any information on the Rover Ranger auto Drive and just found this forum. Your parts list just helped me stax. Thank you again

I've been looking for the Power Transfer Tyre P/N 560069 since earlier this year for my Masport Shiremaster, and I came across an eBay seller in Australia selling an aftermarket version for under $100. I bought one to give it a go, and it's been working pretty well so far. Thought I'd share the link below in case it helps anyone else.

Power Transfer Tyre P/N 560069

Hi cjpony,


Below is the parts list for the 180 model but I don't have the 198 model deck.

It has been uploaded to the ride on parts list section as well.

Thanks again Bruce, much appreciated.

Was given one of those. Previous owner had only used it a few times and the tab on the fuel tap had snapped off.Seemed OK otherwise, started and ran briefly with a squirt of fuel into the carb. The thread on the tap was odd, couldn't find anything to fit.

Masters had gone under by then but found out a place on Sydney Road in Melbourne had acquired their GMC spare parts and bought a tap.

https://gpttools.com.au/about-us/

Once running it was next to useless as a generator, very low power which cut in and out, gave it to an electrician.

i think its too late to want to keep the victa brand alive, id say if it sort of gets going it will only be for a year or 2 and it will become a dead end company again, and i bet ya 100% of the victas will be chinese made with an aussie assembling it, hardly worth buying cause its chinese still and the big difference is its only assembled here so the price will be much higher then it really should be.

i mention this alot to people the big problem is in australia USA UK anywhere is the wages. you have any country with high wages and then your end product is gonna be very expensive and you will need to try to find people willing to pay big bucks for that product, i can tell you now australians dont wanna spend money and thus all this australian made stuff dies out in favor of cheap chinese junk, look at all these ev's now all chinese junk and the aussies that buy them are buying cause they are what i would call tight asses.
anyway wages and cost of living are 2 major things that dictate if you can manufacture and survive and when it comes down to it a country such as china their workers are getting bugger all per hour so for them to make products on a large scale and make it economical is very good and you cant compete in any market when you have a third world country making it for next to nothing compared to a first world country making it for a very big price due to wages and high costs of living.
im afraid to say but i think most of these nice first world countries are going backwards and becoming the third world countries while the third world countries thrive cause they have lower costs of living.

i am ashamed to be an aussie today because we cant make anything cause we are paid very high wages and have high costs of living and we cant afford to build because of that, we are what you now call a sellers market where you sell in australia dont buy in australia, but back in the day our wages were low and our cost of living was low and thats why we could make and thrive but not anymore, we would only be able to go back to those days if everyone took pay cuts and the cost of living was greatly lowered but until then we will never go back to those days, the richer get richer and the poorer get poorer and id defo not wanna buy aussie made cause in the end of the day its chinese made Poo that some australian has assembled and it aint worth the price no way im gonna pay through the ass for chinese products assembled in asutralia its just a waste of money and i know it affects people livileyhood but thats the thing we are already up Poo creek.

When the mower starts surging after 10 minutes, hook the tester up and see if it will consistently jump a 6–8 mm gap. If it jumps strongly when cold but becomes weak or intermittent when hot, I'd be very suspicious of the ignition coil breaking down with heat. If the spark remains strong while the engine is surging, I'd go back to chasing a fuel-mixture problem.

You can get a spark tester under $20. Adjustable Ignition Spark Tester T&E Tools 3404

Tell us the transmisson brand and model and we will see if we have a parts list to show you where they are.

There's 20 + mowers sitting around here with sharp blades ready to go but thanks to lack of rainfall and few bright sunny days in our rural microclimate none of them have been touched since the beginning of March. Haven't needed to fire up any brushcutters in the last 3 1/2 months either. Kept busy chainsawing fallen trees and branches, splitting and stacking firewood, dealing with vast quantities of prunings and dead flower stems SHMBO piles up for me and mattocking saplings.

Most unusual not having to mow and brushcut for so long. Just felt a need to share:)