OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions on Engines Questions On Victa Two Stroke Engines Victa Self Propelled

Hi, I am Andy and I am new to your forum so please be patient with me.

I have two mowers. A "Corsair" that I purchased new which I gave to my son for safe keeping telling him to never sell - this is is great almost mint condition. He is looking after it that well he purchased a cheap 4 stroker to keep the Victa for "Good".

I also own a much loved Self Propelled that I am having trouble with. I have had this mower for ages as I got it to mow a steep block and I really would like to fix and keep it.

I could do with some help identifying it and some advice on an ignition problem. I will post actual pictures of it soon as I get it back from the repairer. The repair refuses to do any more work on it after trying three different ignition units on it. He says that the coil tests perfect on his "coil tester". The repaired said it is a 160cc pre "Power Torque" and a good engine to have. The bore and mechanical check out OK.
The spark plug and lead are new.

I had to solder one of the coil lugs back on some time back and I thought the lack of strong spark would be the coil but he says not. My problems with poor starting happened around that time. This week I will get it back and replace the coil and ign unit as a pair if I can correctly identify the mower. That is if I can source the parts!

The mower is all grey with a plastic cowl that goes right over the engine. There are two long acorn nuts on the head to protect the plug. It has a prism type fuel gauge cap which was stuffed by Toluene in adulterated fuel I got once. Mongrel service station owner was busted for it. It has a plastic carby and the air hose feeds up the RIGHT hand side of the mower as you stand behind it. There is a plastic lever on the right hand side above the air filter to engage the rear drive.

Closest I can think is a Victa V198 but I am not sure.
In this picture it is like the grey one but the plastic goes right over to the front. The air tube and drive lever are the same.



In this picture the mower I have is similar but my air tube is on the other side as mentioned but the plastic cowl is like mine. My starter handle comes from a hole in the side of the cowl not on top.




Any ideas on exact model and possible repair solutions would be appreciated.

Andy

I will post actual pics and a serial number soon!