Hi Norm,
I also have a points style motor but the PTO end of the crank seems to be different to this one. It has the cup flywheel and the internal magneto with points and plastic carby. Maybe off a Corvette?
What is puzzling is that it should produce a spark as long as the flywheel magnets passes the armature. It only produces a spark occasionally when cranking but doesn't hit and miss when it does actually run. Maybe the bent crank is the culprit? Still it can run and handle a lot of load as I worked it really hard to see if it died.
I'm going to be out baling hay most of tomorrow morning so will have time to think on it!
I remember seeing an old green Victa with a catcher outside a scrap metal place and when I came back 15 minutes it had been taken. I've asked dealers and repair shops within 70 kms from here and strangely no one has a second hand or even a wrecked Victa for sale.
Caleb
