Yes Norm, I was telling the owner that although a new Honda is easy to start and quiet when new they just cannot handle the heavy grass like a 2 stroke. I can mow grass three feet tall in two cuts whereas the Honda mowers stall. Also, the trendy new John Deere ride-ons cant handle much more than a suburban lawn either.
The mower ran after installing the coil but after letting it sit under a minute it then required a good 30 or so rapid pulls to get it to fire again. I then dismantled the carby to see if this was the cause of the hard starting.
What I probably should do is put the carby onto the Power Torque engine and mow some grass to rule out any problems with it.
Yes the crank and the nut has a major horizontal wobble when rotated. I also can't feel any play in the bearings.
It does vibrate, but no more than the later Power Torque engine I use every week.
When it does go it will handle 1 foot tall grass without dying.
Unfortunately, the only spare Victa engine I have is an earlier full crank engine (with plastic carby) that I rescued from scrap a few years ago. It has the earlier magneto with points. The engine is currently dismantled as it was seized up when I got it.
If the old points type magneto on the spare engine still works, can the later system be converted back to points? Assuming the mountings are the same of course!
Last edited by LRT; 22/12/16 07:19 AM.
