Hello Mark and Max, and all
Max,
I won't say the usual ... but many of us have become
mechanical forensic historians. grin

The thing is we seem to advance understanding on ODK
and it is all member driven. Thank you!

Max, sincere thanks for the patent discovery of the Victa decompressor.
Members wonder whether you wear an everyday white lab coat or pajamas...?
You're that good!

I wonder what your thoughts are about my linking the
Zip start system to both a quick, simpler starter and a decompressor?
I'm saying it was a package and both were 'trialed' before mass production.

I was shocked when I realized the starter first appeared on a 4-stroke: -

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This does support my speculation that Victa had a clear plan for the
1970s for fighting back against the 4-stroke dominance of the '60s.

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I was somewhat confused that Page A31 shows both the G2 and G3 Carburettors were used on the "Pace" 7700 engine, but both my 7 70 engines have, of course, the G3 and decompressor combination and both cowls have Mark 1 decals. Could the vertical line be too far to the right or was there the change mid stream for the same model engine?
Mark, I can only speculate...
I feel the A31 page does tell the truth.
Victa did introduce the G3 mid-season on selected models.

I feel that the G2 had service problems (rpm tune-ability] that could not be resolved.
[I mean, I know organ pipes are tuned by cutting metal, but carbies!]

Many thanks for the conversation.

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Jack

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