Ha ha I was going to ask you to put your mower up Deejay as I hadnt seen it in its original form...But I changed my mind! lols.
Ok so what is it you need to know?
The victa cap is a Victa Factory Fix. It may have have come of your Mower Originally if its serial was low enough.
It was originally used on the models directly after the Automatic to allow the use of the single cable on the Plain Model 4. You will sometimes find they still run the twin cable slide as it wasnt necessary to change that. Many reverted Autos dont have these caps as it was a long way down the track when they failed. Mostly owners put in screws/bolts or whatever when they failed. You are more likely to see them on plain Specials than on Autos.
Your mower is a Model 5S1,but with a later engine. Funny, I have actually 3 AA..... serials here at present,just sold one on ebay. All 3 are model 5 S2s. And yes this Model of yours would have had the Special Badge:) Does this help any?
