OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions on Engines Questions On Victa Two Stroke Engines Victa Rapier Spark Short Wire

I can not find a manual and this motor seem upside down IE.magneto under crankshaft in stead of over so it seem I can not get to wire source without removing blade disc and removing motor from baseplate, is this so.
should the wire that goes from the shorting device in the carbie to the magneto area be short to earth when hanging free from carbie?

I'm a little confused as to what goes where, are you having trouble starting it or stopping it?

Wont go.
Normally when you stop the mower a wire attached to the carby shorts to earth and stops the spark,the wire goes down to the magneto area and I think maybe it has a permanent short, not sure what it is connected to, usually I think it goes to one side of a coil?

If the wire to the carby is disconnected and not touching anything metal then you should have spark, if not the top is going to have to come off so you can trace the wire back to the points/coil to see if you have spark or not. I assume you have pulled the plug and already checked for spark spinning the motor over?

It sounds very much like your mower has the 2-stroke PowerTorque Victa engine, from the description.

There are some free downloads in the numbered sections at the top of THIS ODK page which cover that engine.

The wire that goes to the magneto is connected to one side of the ignition coil primary winding. An ohmmeter can't tell you much here, as the resistance of the primary is usually ~0.2-0.5 ohm. So measuring between that lead and chassis earth will tell you if the primary has gone open circuit, but that's about it.

With that wire detached from the carby, check the [coil secondary winding] resistance between it and the spark plug lead terminal; this should be in the region ~8.5-9.5k ohms.

Have you checked for spark across a spark plug, with that lead detached from the carby? The crude earthing setup is a frequent source of problems on these engines.

Thanks,will try your suggestions,it looks like the one you said and I have downloaded the manual and am now printing it.
I have only just got to reading your reply,could not remember outdoorking (getting ancient)