OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Restoring, Customising and Modifying Victa Walk-Behind Rotary Mowers My New Victa Viceroy

I recently bought this Victa from Toowoomba Swap Meet, It needs a fair bit of work, but it is in an OK condition. I have been told it is a Victa Viceroy and apparently there rare, so i might keep this one. I will replace the barrel as it is from an earlier Victa, then i will fix the axles. At first sight i thought that the exhaust was custom and that i would have to replace it, but on the other side of the swap meet i found the exact same type of exhaust! so i was wondering if perhaps, these exhausts were sold with some victa's in Queensland?

The mower



The Exhaust



Thanks for reading
Kye

I can't seem to find the engine codes on this mower. Its making me scared haha!

Alright, engine and axles are off. I will post my progress of taking the engine apart soon. Any tips about taking the flywheel of?

Hi Kye
The safest way is the flywheel puller.
Most come off without issue.

Cheers
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Jack

Thanks Cyber I always seem to have trouble pulling of Victa flywheels for some reason. I have gotten the Cylinder and piston off, and have half the bolts on the crankcase off. Will finish it off tomorrow!

Hey Kye I like to give them a drink of WD40, Inox or what ever is at hand and let it sit. If it's still a bugger maybe give it a day or so.

I haven't tied to get the flywheel off this one yet slash, that will hopefully come tomorrow.

Yep, a steady pull is the best way to shift a Victa flywheel. Remember, they mount on a parallel shaft, so there's no taper lock to overcome. That requires impact!

But they can become rust-bound, if the mower has been left out in the weather.

As I'm fond of citing, the engineer's rule of thumb is that iron rust occupies seven times the volume of the metal from which it was formed...

I don't favour WD40 - it's not bad for displacing water, but it doesn't penetrate very well, and is a lousy lubricant.
CRC 5-56, Inox/Lanox, Penetrene, Castrol DWF are all far superior; so is a 50/50 mix of Acetone and Automatic Transmission Fluid.

A bit of heat [electric hot air gun - not flame] applied to the flywheel centre often helps, too.

I tend to make flywheel removal the first-up job, before the engine is removed from the chassis.