Well, here is the final result. Swapped the good motor from the rusted red deck onto the blue steel deck that had a water logged engine (subject of another post "Waterlogged Powertorque" https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/u.../Waterlogged_Powertorque..html#Post81341). I now have a decent mower that runs well.
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Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!