OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Finding and Swapping Tip & Curb Side Finds Victa Red Utility - c1970s

Ok the motor is decoked and cleaned up. I checked the plug and it was a light brown, the best plug colour I have seen in years. The rings were near new.
Just waiting for the mollasses bath to do it's job.
cheers
speedy

Just make sure you check the progress in that molasses bath regularly. If you leave it in too long you may find you have a colander when it comes out.

Will do trev

Step 1 disassemble done step 2 molasses bath done step 3 clean up with wire wheel in progress step 4 paint in progress cheers speedy Bundy

Give me a motor............... Can't figure out how to post an image........... speedy

Hi Speedy
I thought I would offer my thoughts about image uploading.
You are doing nothing wrong in image posting.

Digital cameras are set to high resolutions.
This is fine for projecting on lounge room walls, but way too big for the internet - mobile screens and monitors.

Your image was almost 2MB (megabit) in file size and over 2600 pixels wide.
At full resolution, your image would be ... (first image in gallery).
By reducing the image size below 1.5 MB will produce a gallery image.

I hope a future update will do this automatically.
The reduced size appears in the second gallery image. It is under point 5 megabit.

Hope this helps.
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Jack

little by little

I like it Speedy, it should finish up looking real neat. Personally, i think the Victa utilities are one of the best mowers to use.

Yes bigted, I like the utilities too... Got the other parts out of the bath, put together today...... just have to organise air filter and throttle...... Managed to get a good flywheel, good wheels and hubcaps..... scrapped the folding handle as it bent and a fixed one is stronger..... I'm not a purist restorer. We don't need mowers up here as there is a drought on, here's my front yard and park . cheers speedy Bundy

Sorry CyberJack, I missed the main idea of that message but will reduce size now..... thanks. I did it again a few times.. speedy

I built one of those this week for my grandson, I had a base and handles, stripped it down, gave it a sand and a quick coat of paint, scrounged around for all the other bits to build it, now an excellent machine ready for years of work. I explained to my grandson when he picked it up that it had taken me 3 days to get it ready for him. Ok I'm not the fastest anymore but it still takes a lot of hours repairing and making up all the bits and modifying a plastic carby often takes up to 3 hours to get it just right. At the end of the day at least I know that these mowers will work well for years to come, people just don't understand how good they are

I couldn't get the two old Vica metal carbs going , so I fitted a LM I think it is.
Just waiting for neighborhood to wake up so I can test it.........
speedy

So speedy, tell me more, how did you swap it from a metal carb to an LM?

Do you own any Powertorque mowers? I have ten going.

Hello Nom,
I took the small decompressor pipe off the inlet manifold, modified a black plastic flange as shown in pic to pit the fins. Rivited it using the hole from the decompressor.
It ran well, very smooth, mowed half the backyard..... I will put the top stuff on the mower. The primer didn't work well so I started it with my Bosch electric dril adaptor..... easy....

And Mowerfreak, I have two Powertorques. They are my favourite Victa because of the unusual desigh, Aussie genius I hope and the power...
cheers
speedy.

They are ingenious in as far as achieving their purpose very well, hi tech looks and efficient use of materials in their manufacture.

Hi speedy good effort getting that to fit and seal up, I wouldn't have attempted that, I just swap the barrel and piston for one that has the LM spigot, give it a hone and put in a new set of rings, bit more work than your method

Funny, now it's not working. I was wondering about the seal to manifold. I would like to get original small metal carb going,,,,,,
I have one of those big metal carbs, will try that as well......
things don't always work out
speedy

Speedy, I would use silicone inside the carb sleve to seal it up, I assume the plastic sleve is a reasonable fit over the spigot and the silicone will take the heat no worries

I got it going well with the
original small metal carb, the one in the 2nd photo in the whole post. I notice the amount of air coming in is so important , and I have to get a proper angle rubber for carb and an air filter......
At the moment I am using a piece of sponge jammed in the pipe and a wire through it to stop it getting sucked into carb, which happened...
But happy with result now.
speedy

Now I have put together a 125cc motor and put that on the utility base as I didn't have all the parts for the 160cc motor , now it goes well and is almost complete, plenty of power. AussieTrev gave me a couple of siesed 125 motors and I managed to soak the bores and pistons in molasses and it lifted the rust off, making it easier to take the piston and rings off.
Here are a couple of pics, the barrel in 1969, here's the seriel no .
cheers
speedy

The 125 full crank is probably the best engine Victa ever made. The more I hear about them, the more I believe the 160 was a marketing exercise.
Good to see another one reprised.