OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Finding and Swapping Tip & Curb Side Finds Victa Briggs & Stratton engine

Here's a goer, or it will be after a few engine tuneups and a wheel alignment......
I now have a spark after using wire brush on drill to clean flywheel.
It has the handles bolted to sides of base.
speedy

Those handles are a much sturdier set up then having them mounted on the top. So many die of corrosion there.

Just like all 4 stroke mowers on the market for the last 40 years except Victa. Does it use the same Victa catcher Sparker?

Did the wheel alignment, cleaned carb, water blasted all gunk off, and leave in the sun.... then put together.
It ran with starter fluid, but a problem with the govener springs...... I gotta play with them, have a look at original....
It was on the farm when my mate bought the farm, and sat in shed for 8 years...... rebirth
speedy

Did someone get handles off a different mower and bolt them to the side?
I would say after years of the nasty single bolt top mounted handles being an obvious design flaw, Victa considered them a successful design in planned obsolescence and stuck by it.
No need for it now with these B&S engines claiming buyers don't have to ever change the oil! What a selling point for your typical Australian domestic mower buyer.

Yes MF its a bit of a bitza.....
I wonder what sort of oil B&S use that doesn't need changing, silicon or moly?
A lot of people don't ever change oil anyway.
speedy