OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions on Walk Behind Lawn Mower Frames Victa Lawn Mower Frames Model 5: 70 dollars?

that skirt looks funky.
pick her up tomorrow.
he he.
this is another one she found on gumtree and then said NO.
Sean

looks pretty original, just a few home brew fixies....

Gonna practice my plastic welding on the wheel.
i have a grinder so i can do anything.
I bought some plant pots for her today for 5 bucks so i guess we are even.
sean

Shes better than your first one, and a Good score for 70$...Just The toe guards start at 50$. A few bolts and a wheel change and Id reakon shes all but right.

What Serial is she running?

better than my first one?
the toe guard looked dodgy, not that i would know. i was under the impression the one in the pic was worth more(not that i would sell) thats why i got it sandblasted. give me a wheel man
sean

pics of





numbers and letters on motor.
IAAAA
12104
0.
Would this be the original motor.
Any info would be muchly appreciated.
Sean.

Nope....Your mower is a model 5 Series 2.

This serial is off a M5 Series 3...

It was very common to just change the whole motor cowl starter etc of a later mower onto an earlier model as it only required the removal of the 4 bolts, and switch the whole assy over.

This is why your cowl Starter and tank assy are all model 5 S3 also.

Your looking for a serial in in the old style stamping Starting with...eg A xxxxx, AC xxxxx or possibly even the low 300,000s

Cheers for the reply mate. what would this be off?
BAD 20392 3.
Sooner or later i will be lucky enough to find a complete original, I hope.
Cheers mate.
Sean.

Ive come across a few BAD serials lately, but ive not seen enough to determine their correct order or pattern.

However the Stamping is of the original early style and most of the other examples ive seen are on Model 5 series 2 mowers.

So since the model 3 and dep stores used the finer stamping, Id say this would almost certainly be mid to late M5 S2....But I cant be 100% sure until a few more examples come along.

The rest of the M4/5 Serial range is fairly accurate at present, with just a few unkowns remaining....

Just curious....Did this BAD engine come with this mower sale or is it one you already had? If it was with this mower then id definately say its the original....

I am not soaking any info in that i am reading about serial nos.
No that BAD motor came off the one i previously sent a pic of the sandblasted base. So if i put that motor on the one i got today would it be original??
Sean

Not sure, I dont remember your other mower, except that its a model 5 series 3.

But the IAAA engine on this mower would be the correct serial no for the sandblasted one.

so if i swap the engines over i would be close too original on both??.
The other one
Sean

Yep, definately on the Series 3....


Whats the serial on the sandblasted one? I dont remember

the sandblasted one had the BAD engine number man.

Is that one of those heat suppressors i vaguely remember from somewhere?
Sean

Ah ok, Then yes, just switch the engines....

Yes thats a heat shield fitted to later Model 5 Series.

thanks for the advice man, i still dont know what to do with them