OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Finding and Swapping Wanted VC-160 Auto Drive parts needed

the gearbox seems fine too, do you want the whole rear axel?

I don't need the brackets,just the gearbox and the axles with the gears as I'm missing some of those gears and some of those smaller bits that hold the gears in.

Well stripped the brackets off (easy once you've worked out how) so here is what I have now.




if you want to PM me your postal address I can package up and send off, do you have a spare large black air cleaner off Model 5 series 3 as I have heaps of the small black ones, as I said the main thing I'm missing is the white air cleaners.

Thanks jonesy I'll have a look in the next few days and let you know via PM.

This is all thats any good left off it, also the motor seems fine, one of the chrome wheel caps has a hole in it, and one of the front wheels has two small holes on the inside.

Hey jonesy if jeffrey doesn't need the handles ill put my hand
up my mark one auto drive is missing the top half .
cheers. Tomo

Well I defiantly need handles as (I think it's my mark III) the handles are almost flat where they lock in. So they won't stay up when pushing the mower. Have you got a picture of your handles Tomo? I may need the base as my mark IV has a dent in it and we know how well alloy dents. Let me have a look first and see how bad it is. I don't think I need the engine although in saying that the mark III has never run. I'll have a better look when I get home at the wheels before I say anything.

Hey blumbly my handles are just missing the drive lever set up
mark 3 run a plastic handle don't. they ? My handles are pritty rusty not worth wile

If your talking about the clutch lever being plastic no that was the Mark IV set up.Mark I,II & III had the extra bar set up like what jonesy has got in his last picture.If it is the mark IV then it's not the ones I need.

So yes Jonesy I will be wanting the handles and wheels maybe hub caps if any are worth saving.Still got to check my base.Not sure about the starter but I will need the screws for it.

Any news Blumbly?

Hi Jonesy I haven't forgotten still looking to see what I've got. Hopefully can finish it today. Depending on what time I get home today.

Still searching for most of the parts mentioned up the top.As due to my absence most of the parts for offer maybe going to another home.It sucks to be me,anyway the search goes on.I know I get these bits eventually.I was just wanting to get them running.I must admit with my mark II I'm running out of time the engine is starting to get harder to turn over.Search must speed up,I just don't want to get a mower and wreck it for the bits I need.Not only that but most of the ones I've seen lately, either have the drive parts removed or just too far away to freight and because they don't know me they won't go to the effort of boxing it.It just seems funny some people because they don't under stand that people could collect mowers.They look at you funny or on the phone they say 'you what?' or others just call us hoarders. What??!! Yes I had that a woman called me that when I told her I collect mowers.Wow I wanted to tear her legs off and feed them to the dog,but I didn't.
Anyway I took myself right off-topic their I must apologise to myself.(later)
So yes if anybody has these bits or knows of any please let me know.
Help save my auto drives.

yea I brought a auto drive an its at my dads in Newcastle area but it as well has had the drive assembly gutted

I guess that's the problem something goes wrong with the drive and finding parts is very hard. So it becomes easier to disconnect drive. I understand that but why can't they just leave the rest of the bits their. Make it easier for people like us to fix up.

Jeffery, you once again have PM