Hi, I have what I believe to be a Victa Utility which looks the same as one pictured by jam2727 post 10338 on 30/11/08. I only know these as the toe cutters and they are good for trimming around posts as the blades come right to the right hand edge. mine is the same color orange and has an early 160 motor. I also have the remnants of a 125 version of the same mower but it has a cowl with the fuel tank at the front under the cowl and is painted a hamertone green and has UTILITY sticker across the front vertical surface othewise the frame is the same with the exception that the muffler exits through the base whereas the old one had a muffler that mounted along the side of the motor and was shaped like a fish tail. My orange one is fitted with an early 160 mounted N-S and I have fitted the cowl from the 125 to it, the only mods , removing some of the tin work under the cowl to clear the decomp and the 2 straps that mounted on to 2 of the head studs.
My problem is I cannot get the height adjuster to stay where I set it. I have changed the slotted gate from the old one and retensioned the lever but the vibration sends the adjusting lever into a wild sideways motion and flicks the ratchet out of mesh resulting in a bare patch of ground.
Are there any mods to stop this happening short of tying a bit of rope to the other side. The 125 never did this in the 15 years before its engine demise.
TIA,
Don...
South West Victoria.
