Hi AVB and thanks. Have been away. Have connected the braided loop to one of the armature retaining screws and sealed the cover back on. Will assemble the rest tomorrow and give it a try. However I have another problem - oil is leaking from the gear box. I can find nothing on the web for oil seals - Parts from the Victa manual - 'Oil seal 0.75 inch diam shaft TM64053A x 1 and Oil seal double lip 1.0 inch diam shaft TM64056A x 2'. Are these standard oil seals which I should be able to purchase locally? I put a new gear box on more than 20 years ago and it cost me more than the tiller new! Better add Victa tiller 355 series 9 Gear case assembly TM64073A. Cheers.
