OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions on Engines Questions On Victa Two Stroke Engines Rewind Starter Fitting to a Model 4 Standard

Disregard the Terminology. It has been said the lower digit is the option code, but its never been confirmed. I have tried to decifer its correct meaning for ages, but nothing adds up. Its about the only mystery left in regards to these models.

As an example a code of 3 would be 3.6hp engine steel base,rope start....code 4 Would be 3.6 engine,alloy base, 4 holes for Safety guards,edger slot, height adjust.....Something like this.

It refers to mower styles, NOT optioned extras like starter, leaf gaurd, safety toe ring.

But the codes don't always make sense, for eg, an Automatic can have codes of 0 1 2 and 4...So things dont add up.

Anyway its just another piece to the puzzle.

As for options,
Recoil starter,
Leaf guard,
Toe ring.
Safety side skirts for Model 4 std.

As you can see, its not much. With yours being a 4, you can have the groove cover with bolts, cigar tap, spanner, safety skirts(good luck) Recoil starter and leaf guard.

On purchase, you also got fuel tank and funnel, with the spanner being fitted to the mower.

Hope that covers it. Lols

I did a bit more today, replacing fuel taps and tidying up. The 4 was seized in the top end so I sorted that first to get it running, it was pretty noisy. I had the cowl off fitting the cigar fuel tap and so flipped it on its side to check underneath, the blade holder was buggered. Cracked open in two places and all bent up, the muffler plate was half gone and the exhaust insert was laying in the bottom. I had focused on the top half of the mower first leaving the dirty bit for later. I had all the spares on hand so fitted them up, even with another muffler plate fitted up and the exhaust put right it is still noisy and how do you stop fuel coming out of the vent hole in the cap ??

Did you replace the exhaust plate gasket, and does the exhaust mate well at both the engine and the base? The plate gasket acts as a noise dampener as well as a seal. The exhaust flange is usually bent and needs to be linished on a slight angle, so the inner is higher than the outer giving it a good seal. Also the base gasket normally needs 2 as there is always a gap. I often shim them then put the gasket. I have even sleeved the base so the exhaust sits tight and true. If all is sealed, then they are fairly quiet runners.

The fuel tank has a plastic cup that sits inside the cap, and acts ax a secondary barrier to stop the fuel escaping. You can make something up or use some cork, and put the breather hole in it offest to the cap hole, and it will stop most or slow it down, as their will still be an air gap between the cork and cap centre to hold the excess. Also using a half tank will help.

Thanks, I was a bit slack and didn't fit a gasket. Wanted to see if it did make a difference and I see it does. I did see that the exhausts that I have are all bent up at the flange so I will file them back flat.