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

Can't wait to see this one painted up. I hope you find a good match with the colour.

I just had to mow the backyard, I needed a snorkel as was sucking in grass.....
Started easily with the Sidchrome/Bouch easystarter I made.
That govener must do something but it ran ok..
It messed up the guy next doors TV.... then it came good.....
I mowed lawns for 7 years when I was young and still don't like catchers......
I think I wil paint it orange with white handles...
cheers
speedy

That's hilarious!

I wonder what he would have thought seeing that 'duct tape' mower!?


Yes I don't like them either. Why push a mower 6 feet in long grass and have to keep carrying a heavy catcher when you can just use a side throw. They seem to be getting rare though�

Because a side throw leaves clumps of clippings all over your lawn.
A catcher model is hard work when dealing with a lawn that hasn't been cut in months and the grass is two feet tall.
I sure got a workout with my Victa Mustang V40 on some guy's modest sized front lawn in such conditions. The end result blew him away though. He was seriously impressed at how my mower transformed it!
I had to turn him down to do his large back yard full of chest high lawn though!

Chest high grass is easy peasy, a Victa 24, job done in a very short time. The 18 inch Victas will struggle in this but the 24 will laugh at it

Now that's how you sell a Victa 24. Grass is high enough to conceal a buffalo, pull out the big guns!

The big advantage of the 24 is the fact the cutting disc is mounted forward so when you stand it up on the back wheels the front of blade can be 12/14 inches above the ground and you just slash away and being a 2 stroke the motor being tilted up on that angle means no oil starvation as you would get in a 4 stroke which is where all the more current ones fitted with 4 strokes (because we must remember 2 strokes are bad for us) can end with engine failure if you are not careful

The Vicci 2 buzzer will run upside down I'd you want it to. What are people with 45� or worse lawns going to do??

The Lithium-iron battery powered outdoor power equipment will no doubt fill this void. Of course we will then have to throw out the batteries instead of 2-stroke fuel, so it's a great step forward to being green isn't it!

Victa 82 Volt Range

Stihl Battery Power System

At least you don't get 2 stroke fumes through your clothes. I can't imagine any li-ion battery being able to match the performance of a good Powertorque engine in top form, no matter how many ah the battery holds.

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