OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Restoring, Customising and Modifying Victa Walk-Behind Rotary Mowers victa VC160 Auto drive

I picked up this one today, everything is in pretty good nick, gearbox is good turn over and engages, ive pulled it down to clean it back and give it a new set of seals, eveything is pretty tidy on her aside from missing a few parts such as the drive engage handle, the covers over the drive belt and the drive cable. Something to work on for the time being.

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Hi gizmo....Just a heads up...could you please rotate your pics before you post...it makes them much easier to view for our members rather that sitting sideways. I will edit them for you later.
No probs mate...just makes it easier.

Sorry guys, still havent worked out the camera yet!

Hi gizmo, if you download your pics from the camera to say "My Pictures" on your computer, just view them in the folder and if they are horizontal...try right-clicking and see if you have "Rotate Clockwise" in the drop-down menu. Just keep rotating until they are the right way up! Easy-peasy.

Cheers Deejay, that works perfect.

No probs, gizmo.....glad I could be of help, mate.

OK, what you have here is a 1973 Series 2 VC-160 Auto Drive, Code V136.

Series 70 MKIII Engine, with the G3 carby and Decompression "Zip" Starting.

If you need copy's of the gearbox service manual, the engine & Chassis Manual, or parts lists for this one, let me know, and I’ll bring you some copy's.

I'll have a dig around and see what parts I have here that might be of use to you.

I could possibly post a self propelled lever and cable from a power plus victa that might suit (Ty, you are the expert here) They look like similar parts....

I dont think the lever will do it joe, this one used the full lenght metal bar type, like this:



However I'll investigate the cable dimesions, I have a feeling the cable may be the same.

Cheers guys. I'll get back tO you on the manuals Ty



Regards

You may also find some useful information in THIS POST I put together a while ago.

Cheers, from what I've read there there's definately a few reproduction parts been added in a few places.

I may have actually found you a lever for the handle bars!

Fantastic!. I might have to grab those manual copies at some stage too.

Cheers

No worries, I'll get everything I can together for this one, including the manuals, and get them across to you.

Joe should be down this way in a few weeks, so we can see if his cable fits for you then!

Sounds good, I should hopefully have the gearbox assembly and the like back together by then to get a good idea weather the cable will be a similar size.

Wonderfull, I have one here we can compare with if needed!

That would be ideal, I think there is some parts around the drive assembly that might be missing, it would be good to work out what's not there.

Mate, I think I have a full gearbox here, I'll go check.

Cool cheers mate, My gearbox is in fair condition the main part that'sissing I think is only the parts that retain the drive cable. But I'm just not sure what is usually there.


Cheers