OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Finding and Swapping Tip & Curb Side Finds vc160 auto drive

won this auto drive on ebay. all the auto drive gear has been gutted an its not running. gotta get it from new castle aswell.
got it pretty cheap so will have a tinker when I get it back to mine.

Nice work, looks like somone may have had a go at restoring her? I need a new back axle for my one here also, tried one from a slightly later 18" cut self propelled victa but didnt fit due to the different height adjustment.

Yea they did start restoring her. That had it as part of there collection. Bad part is they gutted the auto drive parts so most likely wont ever be a auto drive again lol

Do these models normally have the lm/g4 carby?

Some had G3 and later ones had g4 with a remote primer...

Ok cause from the pictures I can see a g4 thats not hanging there. But maybe it is the model that has one

It's a later one, 1974-78, G4 (predecessor to LM) carby, and the revised mkii autodrive gearbox, i dhould have the full specs here somewhere, I'll post them when i can find them.

Ok, so it's either a 1974-75 v169, mkIII Vc-auto drive, with MKI drive system, or a 1975-78 V198, MKIV with the MKII vc drive system ( there were two variants of this drive system, it was slightly modified in 1976) the eaiest way to tell for sure is the control, if you flip a metal bar to engage the drive, it's the 74 V169, if you squeeze a plastic lever on the right hand, it's a 1975-78 V198. If you post a pic of the full handle bars, i can post pics of the exact drive assy. To look out for.

Would be good thanks :-)

Until you can get a pic up of the handles, can you describe them, on particular the area you put your hands, and any controls aside from throttle?

Also, you should find the info in this post helpfull, although i do have some updates to come for it, it will give you sone details on the mower, and how it fits into the model line up.

https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/u...amp;Main=5780&Number=23537#Post23537