Hi BT, I welded the holes up, they were not too bad, maybe opened up about 1/4 inch, that is what happens if the bolts are loose. I have had much worse where I have had to cut up a standard blade carrier and weld the depressed sections into the 24 blade carrier. It is a fair bit of work, but there is not much alternative.
I'm a bit tired at the moment and not thinking straight. A mate is having problems with his 24 full crank.A couple of years ago I made up an adapter manifold and fitted an LM to it. Has been working fine but he rang last night saying that it starts and runs for a few seconds and stops, prime it again and same deal. I can drive over to his place and fix it but it is a 40 min drive each way. I have told him to remove the fuel tap and blow through it to clear the filter out. When fitting the carby I fitted an inline filter before the carby so I doubt there will be any problem with the main jet filter. The fact it starts and then stops says it is firing up on the primer fuel each time so it is a case of where the fuel flow is being interrupted. The other potential is the float needle, when he presses the primer does it flutter the float and allow a bit of fuel through and then stick up in the seat again? Any thoughts before I drive over and replace another float needle of which most here would realize I am very sick of doing.
^I think the fuel tap is the first port of call before the needle. If possible he should test with a tap he knows that flows well. I do a visual check by seeing how fast it pours out of the fuel line. There generally should be a steady stream off fuel rather than dripping of any sort. An ultrasonic cleaner on the tap filter stick would be worth a go as well. I immersed mine in acetone in a small jar before putting that in the ultrasonic cleaner water. After about ten minutes I noticed the stubborn varnish start to come out of the filter.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
Thanks MF and Tyler, couple of ideas for him to try, main problem is his mechanical ability is not too flash and simple requests for him to try something usually end up causing a disaster. Let you know how he gets on.
Hmm, maybe Victa two strokes aren't for him. Unless you are prepared to hold his hand each time something goes wrong, relying on phone calls isn't going to cut the mustard here. Maybe you should do a buy back!
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
MF, he has at least 4 Victa 2 strokes, couple of utilities, a steel base PT and the 24 that I can remember and they usually don't give him any problems, it is just when something goes wrong he is all thumbs.
He blames it on being tired at the end of the day and rushing and I think a couple have been damaged by the blokes he has working for him from time to time, they grab the wrong can of fuel. He carries drums of straight fuel because he has a few Honda mowers as well so it is easy to get cans mixed up.
I know a guy who paints his fuel caps yellow or red - red is 2 stroke because the can is red and he uses red coloured oil, and yellow is regular - because the can is yellow and regular fuel is normally yellow
Straight fuel should be in blood red as in death to your two stroke!! A skull and crossbones should be added as well! Putting the other into a four stroke not so catastrophic.
I was thinking about the four stroke small engines too Tyler (Aldi are selling a four stroke chainsaw at the moment), but they still seem to be the exception due to weight and oil starvation concerns. I used a Honda straight shaft whipper snipper once and came away impressed at it's performance. It made a pleasing noise and I liked it's super quiet idle sound. Put put put put put....
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
I thought it has always been red container for straight fuel, green for mixed fuel, ie 2stroke and yellow for diesel. I think blue was for Kero etc, can't go wrong.
Hi Jeff, that is the same mob that was selling them before they are back up to $125 but I did see a bloke Melb trying to flog them last week for $175 plus $25 postage. Strange thing was he was using the same pic as the OPE ones.
This is the 24 I am doing at the moment, I made up a manifold to fit an LM carby to it and have filed slots in the cup starter so it can grab without slipping all the time. Starts easily now, another great machine brought back from the dead
