Thanks for that NormK i'll see how I go trying to get this engine running, I have tried a few things and found a few issue's here and there.
Well I started to take it apart to have a look to see if it's points or electronic ignition. Well the first thing I noticed when I took the top metal cowl off was how loose the top plastic peice was on the decompressor, not just that but the whole decompressor housing was turning around on the mount. So I thought I have another same style one sitting on the powertorque mower which I know works so I just changed it. Just doing a test by hand the one I removed doesn't seem to hold the valve in at all when pressing it and holding your finger over the vacuum line hole. The one that I replaced it with which I know works well, when you press the valve in and put your finger over the vacuum line hole. The valve stays closed. So anyway at least I know it has a decompressor that works properly fitted now.
Well it's a points ignition model and I had a look at the contacts and they have a little pitting and burning, I just had a quick look at them I don't have any spares to change them over with. It seems to be getting a good spark so I just left them alone for now.
Another thing I noticed, when I was pressing the primer bulb on the carby I noticed fuel was leaking out of where the jet screws into the cap. I went to tighten it up a little and it just keeps turning, sort of like it's threaded. So I think this thing has been buggered around with on all fronts...lol
Then there is the end cap on the carby, I was right when I guessed it looked like a plastic valve cap for where you put air in your car tyres etc...lol
It looks like they removed the original idle screw and they just shoved in a plastic valve cap from the inside to close up the hole. It used to have an idle screw as the plastic peice is broken on the outside that rests on the original idle screw. This also wouldn't have been helping much with the idle speed, as what they had installed would not have been touching the end of the poppet valve at all.
I took off the primer cap, yep the primer cap and jet look new but they kept the original Victa float and red needle inside. I am waiting on a few carby bits to arrive, then I might give the whole carby a proper clean and rebuild.
I still couldn't get it to fire up though, I got a little flutter a few times it almost started but it didn't. Oh well just take one step at a time until I sort it out. Last resort it may need an engine rebuild. But I will make sure everything else has been checked and tested first.
Cheers!
Zip a dee doo dah, zip a dee ay, another trash picked Victa, hip hip Hooray!
