Yes NormK I am starting to get the idea now about these new replacement parts for Victa's. When I got a new cap, needle and float about 10 years ago for my full crank I must have been lucky that they all worked perfectly together.
This mower is a different story. I was reading through the forums last night and I sort of have similar symptoms to this thread here:
When there is more fuel in the tank it seems to run better. When the fuel got a bit lower in the tank sort of at the same height as the top of the fuel tap filter, I think that's when mine started to surge and rev faster on it's own, except mine doesn't cut out it just keeps revving, almost comes to a complete stop, then starts to rev up fast again.
Would running a slightly longer fuel line and directing it to the carby inlet from the bottom help with the flow when the tank is lower on petrol? I have tried to run the line as short and direct as possible from the tank to the inlet thinking this will help with the fuel flow.
I have installed a brand new yellow handle Victa fuel tap and filter which I bought from the mower shop. I told them that my original filter in the tank was the longer version. They told me that those older longer style filters were faulty and that these new shorter style gold coloured fuel tap with filter is the new Victa replacement.
Zip a dee doo dah, zip a dee ay, another trash picked Victa, hip hip Hooray!
