It will probably make more sense if I explain why I use fuse wire.
What materials are fuse elements made from?
Most Low Voltage fuse elements are made of copper (Cu). Fuse elements of fast acting fuses and High Voltage fuses are primarily made of silver (Ag). Silver plated copper is also commonly used. As a rule, fuse elements of time delay fuses contain low melting point materials, e.g. tin (Sn) or zinc (Zn) and alloys thereof. Formerly used alloys containing lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) have widely been eliminated.
A lot of manuals say don't go poking around jets,it's mainly so people don't force wire into the jet making the jet hole
larger than the standard jet but when you have a brass jet and a copper wire plated in silver, I have never scratched a jet hole larger than standard
when cleaning one in this way.
I use different amp size fuse wire for different sized jets in the image below this 8 amp wire looks to be about 10 thousands of an inch and should fit
a lot of the smaller jets.
Sold..!!!
You obviously know you're onions Max.
I'm convinced it's a blocked jet and I have been itching to poke some kind of wire through to clear it. I found some old 5amp fuse wire in the garage tonight which looks the right size, I also have the cup and zip starter from the donor VC that I had to pull apart for spares. Definitely something to try at the weekend I think.Thanks for taking the time/effort to explain it, very much appreciated.
I had the chance a few months ago to pick up one of those half twin mowers with a few Powertorques I had won on ebay ( bit annoyed with that win because my grandson bid over me) anyway I ended up with them for $16 each, then the bloke offered me the half twin for $25 but I knocked it back
NormK, if another one gets offered to you (for that kind of money) then I would take Mowerfreaks advice and snap it up! From what I have learnt on here I know the Twin/500 had its starting problems but I really don't know why Victa stopped making these as they are a reliable, light and powerful little machine. To this day I still kick myself for taking my first one to the tip when I thought the end bearings were shot, later I learned from here that the intermittent growling noise I was hearing was just the blade plate slipping... Absolutely gutted..!!
The old impact starer will be going back on once this is solved, great idea to save the extra wear and tear on the impact starter drum.
Another question, Do you think it would be best to start another thread now as this one has deviated far away from the original subject?
