OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Finding and Swapping Idle Chatter picked these up last night

one of these is the webb i asked about how to send link from ebay , still havnt worked it out must be nissing something . a few cells maybe !! gunna be a busy boy when the weather fines up thier breeding at night i think






webb cuts ok as it is ! havnt looked at the captain as yet but seem a good bullet proof engine so far .
some of the others , light green oneas far as i can find out is a 1959 commodore , that and a rover/S,B are the only ones without catchers . Dave

Hi Dave, if possible, could you please line up the fantastic machines and take a pic, one by one....it would be very good for our archives.
on a great collection of reel mowers.
Best wishes,

sure , but i dont know too much about them as yet , most were bought tying to get a starter . told they were worn out but only one is smokey when weather permits i'll take a few of each but only two i think i know what they are now

sorry i dont know much about this yet . the knob on the bottoma of chain case seems to be the drive engage ? its missing the chain though . but reel spins and you can just push it or engage drive when its repaired . havto have the idle so slow to stop the reel . a tad dangerous . more when i know more but best i can find its around 1959 . same as the next one ! .. Dave

this one is surprisingly light and works well too ! almost sharp , chain driven from the roller and havnt seen another anywhere as yet , so any info would be great ...... more tomorrow , sorry i did try before but this is the only way i found that works thanks . Dave

Hi Dave, unfortunately Dave, these images are blurred and not really good for archival purposes. What sort of camera are you using?

yes sorry , i thought they might not be too good . still using my phone camera works when it feels like it now ! maybe this one might be better ?



realy dont know the date on this one , works well too though , complete with pvc front roller ! so it cant be too old

I have an atco delux the same as that one.
Its in good shape, one day i will get around to putting up some pictures. I need a clutch bit.

In your very first picture here.Is that a VC-160 in the background.It looks to be in great condition.What's the chances of throwing a picture or two up of that one?

i'm pretty sure this was the one . its a great thing too and does a beaut job on the almost grass around here !


as far as i know its only missing the ring around the starter . didnt run so he sold it ! got it home did the points thing and off it went first trip of the lever ! sweet thing too .

Cool looks almost complete expect as you said the ring.That would be a VC-160 Mark I from 1970.The first of the VC's. It looks fairly good as well. I'm half way through my restore of one of those.Just need to get it here and finish it off.

it does seem allgood with it yes , only thing that annoys me is the throttle keeps creeping the revs down but its an easy fix as you know , but man its a great machine too use i wish i could keep it as a daily !

Well you could there is still plenty of them out there.Keep looking you may find another one like it.

never seen another one over here yet but i'm looking . i only got it because i had 2 catchers n nothing to put them onto but now i want another in not so good nick . be good to see yours even almost done when you do have time man you do a great job !

I suppose you see them more in Melbourne a lot.They seem to have been popular there.I guess that's getting a bit far for you to get.Keep your eyes open they do come up and I reckon now is the time to get them as they are still around in a few years time they'll be hard to find.Yes when I do get time to restore I think I do a good job.Last year I took on to many buggered to fix and sell mowers which took me away from restoring as I was always repairing.Sure I made some money out of it,but I wanted to restore.So when we get set-up I will do a little fix and sell and more restore. I'm not getting caught up in that again,it takes to long and takes me away from what I want to do. If you want to see where they are up to they haven't changed since the pictures went up in this post. VC-160 Mark I,II & IIIB Restoration.There was one that I put pictures of the Mark I's engine but I can't remember what that was called now.

I might have the correct air cap for that one mate (V80, Black) If I find it, I'll post it over for you!

Just look at the base there Ty very little rubbing marks on it.Would make a great base to start a restore.As long as the rest of it is good.Don't often see them with such little rubbing there.

Your telling me, that one is a beauty.

I can't help with the ring sadly, but if you want to get this one back to it's glory days, i have just about anything else you could want for it!

Yep I'd have to say his a lucky boy with that one.

i have a vc 160 impulse start 1970 model i need the correct snorkel pipe an catcher an it should then be complete lol