OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Restoring, Customising and Modifying Victa Walk-Behind Rotary Mowers VC 160

Getting there wih my VC160 here are a few pics....and yep anything i know about them is from this site thanks guy's!...and how is that as new one ty or MR D owns now that is a one in a life time find!....

dont you hate that when you find something like this..by the looks of it the front axle of this Monaro will fit?....

a few Before & After pic's...

Piston Before & After

niiiiiiiice job there ! yeah its amazing what folks do to things sometimes . strange they didnt work out a way to poprivet it on

you mean like this haha

What kind of motor do u have on that orange Monaro ?? I have that same base but no motor as yet

hahaha oh well . yeah sort of like that

G'day the motor on the Monaro looks to be the same as the one im doing up on the VC160...

almost done with the 160cc engine should run like new with any luck.. here are a few pics Cheers...

two more...

Im done with the engine its ready to fire up..and yep i will be using this mower to mow with..am just working on the base now its in really good nick should look good with some new paint...

Looking good what it cost to get the motor lookin like that??

Not much rings where $20 few odds and ends they where a only a few bucks..I already had the paint so all up to do the hole mower say undder 30 bucks....the real cost is my time but i enjoy doing this type of thing making something out of what someone gave up on a long time ago..

here is a tip for keeping the muffler on...well its how i do it after having a few fall off haha..and also its best to use a new muffler gasket when doing this and it will live on for another 30 years! with any luck.....

Nice work Chris! I like the custom ports, it should bark pretty well with the exhaust port job!

Hi Chris and on a sweet restoration there mate, the engine came up a treat! Can't wait to see the base when finished.

Thanks guys its looking ok i guess...Im getting there with this mower..Here is the base, and nop i did not go with the Victa green paint...I used a charcoal hammertone paint...I really like how it looks..I am going to mow with this mower so was thinking it really dont matter its not 100% as it left Victa.. Here are a few pics....

Actually I quite like the grey, well done on a good looking job so far....

Well good to see other restoring these VC-160's.Looking good even though not the original colour,but hey that's what you wanted to do.I do have a question though.How did you get the head as clean and as shiny as you did.I'm having a pri*#k of a time getting mine like that?

The head well i cant say there is a easy way to clean them the fins are a bugger, but the combustion chamber is easy i use a Dremel to polish that..I start with a wire brush on a drill and degreaser, and use the wire brush on the hole head not to hard as to mark the head just get the thick oil and gunk off... Mini steel wool the little soap ones i use them with water they work good, and i find heavy duty green scourers work good in the fins and i use them dry no water.. hope that helps...there are two things on a mower i dont like cleaning they are the head and barrel i dont own a bead blaster or anything like that....Cheers

Thanks man I was hoping for an easier way,but I figured it would just be down to the elbow geese.At least I have a shopping list now.

well my VC 160 is looking nothing like it did when i got it ,or how Victa made it haha...but i really like the look of it now its a one off thats for sure...i found better wheels to the ones on it are very crapy...Here are a few pics of where im up to with it....

have u got new axles an height adjustment bar n spring on this mower?

Well in may not be the original colour,but wow awesome job non-the-less.Well done just need the badge on the cowl and starter then look out grass.Keep up the good work.

I just clean and paint them is all no new parts....

Thanks, i really like the way it has turned out...for about 1 second i was starting to think it's looking too good to mow with haha never!.. It will be put to work on the lawn as Victa made it to do way back when and do it well at that! like any Victa really...Cheers

Yes made tuff in 1971,Hey I would know it's the same age as me.

WOW thats an old Model 1971! how is the rust? ,i think Victa had the kinks worked out by 1973 (me) haha...just joking about Cheers...;)

Yeah just a bit of rust around the middle section,but I keep it covered,but yes it's a 1971 model.