OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Finding and Swapping Rare Finds & Donations My Purple VC-Sports

Hi all I just realized after chatting about my purple VC-Sports I never even showed you guys.Here is some pictures of my purple VC-Sport.It is in the dirty found condition,either one day after work or on the weekend I'll give it a clean and show you all then how much better it should look.





As you can see unfortunately it has a red catcher,hopefully I or somebody out there will find one.I do have it wanted the section but no good so far.
Tell me what you all think about her.

Will look even better with a good resprayed base nice find.

Looks awesome..that top cowling is in great condition too!!!

I know VictorVicta that's why it's not in the shed cause I don't want to damage it.Let's face it there not that easy to find other one's.Yes it will Joe especially since I got that fixable base from you.Now I just need to find another one for the new VC-sports.

I have one for your other vc sports, even the right colour for that one

Well that would do.What is the condition of it?Take a picture and stick it up here.

Apart fro mthe rubbing on the side its pretty darn good.

Well it may be the one.Let's face it there not crawling on the road when I'm driving.So there not the easiest to find.[Censored] I'm tiered that didn't make any sense to me.

I have one on the trailer that might be OK. Someones done half the work, the motor is gone already.


Went to pick up mowers today, found a hard rubbish area on the way home. Knackered now, been out most of the night searching.

Do you have a picture of that base?

Nah didnt take a pic, its actually a series 80 mustang base. Different green and cast for the SP setup.

Ive got 3 or 4 green mustangs here.

OK I'm off now to clean and see if this fine purple machine can look clean and go.I'll let you know how she goes.

I have to fire my monaros up yet, hopefully they run. Good luck getting it running, doesnt look like it would need a lot. I dont remember seeeing that one when I was at your place

Hi Joe yeah you would not have seen it I had in the spare bedroom.Pulled it out not long after you left as well as the VC-Mustang lightweights compact and even Goliath (Twin).Well it's all bad news here with the Purple VC-Sports,engine was almost seized Lost of rust inside and crank has that horrible bubbly rust on it.I can't even get the piston out of the cylinder.It is repairable but only if I can get the piston out without doing damage.I'm just glad I looked inside before trying to start it.It would have done a fair bit of damage with all those little bits of flaky rust running around the cylinder.So now something that I thought was going to be easy has now become an even bigger job.[Censored]!!SNAP!!!
I will post some pictures a little later after I get the piston out.Fingers crossed no damage.

Bugger, not like it would be hard to find another engine at Tiny's and just use your crankcase though

Snap!!! the news only gets worse here.Have now pulled engine apart.The rust I don't think is too bad and the cylinder definitely needs to be honed out.As bottom part of cylinder has a fair bit of rust.I guess that why the piston didn't want to come out.I'd say it's been sitting in the rain for a while,as I did find water in the crankcase and a little in cylinder and on the head.The worse part is the rings are just about worn through so I can tell you all it is now a full rebuild of the engine.Even the large bearing on the top of the crank is a bit iffy.Here are some pictures I took earlier.





As you can see she's not in great shape.Hey but must keep my head up high.I only need rings for it and a fair bit of time.She will live again.It will just be like a brand new engine again.Still it's the time that is the problem,I didn't need to add another mower to the restoring table right now.I have to many on there now.So for now I will get get the engine to a point where the rust won't kill it until I finnish some other restores.As there was water in it.I couldn't leave it the way it was.I just wanted to try and get it going.SNAP!!!

You could just put the motor off something else on it and consider it done.


Put the original motor away in a box and put the mower last on the list for a resto. Hopefully by then you will have turned up a catcher.


Bob.

Actually, that might be the way to go, if you cant get this one up and running with that engine, pop off thje bottom 1/2 of it's crank case (for the serial) and fit that to the engine on the VC-160 MKII you have down at the coast.

The MKII & MKIII Series 70 Engines had very few differences, mostly just the float bowl on the carby, so make sure you use the carby that is currently on the Sports, and the rest of the engine can come from the VC-160 MKII.

I guess it all depends on the bore size if it is over the right size then it could be the end.Then I will use another engine.It looks like I have to buy a microtome as I can't find my one.I have a feeling I have lost it in one of the moves.I don't mind fixing it,but if the bore is oversize and needs re-boring I won't do it.I don't want to have any of my mowers oversized.I want them as standard as possible.

Same here, I always prefer to find a correct engine or cylinder if possible.

If you have any troble let me know, I might be able to help find a new piston and cylinder, if the one on the VC is dud too!