My orange power torque runs like a mad chainsaw..... I would say normally at 3,000 rpm, but a coupleof days back It ran out of petrol. I don't have a kill switch and I swear it sounded like 4,000 rpm. I was waiting for it to self destruct. I filled it up with petrol and did another lawn, ran sweet, nice and hot .... Has anyone put a tacho on one....?
We're getting some green grass after a bit of rain now.
speedy Bundy
Last edited by speedy; 13/10/1705:54 PM.
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I don't about the rpm but it does looks like you might need a flat bottom boat. During the Spring my yard looks like that but it cover 6 acres. I have been threatening to buy myself a scuba diving suit so I can get to my shop on some days.
As the rpms you need to be checking it with a tach as it may be very well beyond 4000. Most of the Briggs around here are running around 3450
Hi Speedy, when a motor runs wild like that the revs on a 2 stroke could possibly spin 8/10,000rpm at a guess, best thing to do in this situation is pull the plug lead. Any idea why it revved so high. The revs will increase just as they are running out of fuel as it leans out but the revs shouldn't increase that much
There is a guy a few houses s down who uses a fairly late model power torque (late 1990s -2000s at a guess) and he always has it revving abit higher than it should at full throttle, but not at scary levels like you describe, just a higher note (might advise him to back it off a little!). His hasn't popped so far. It's usually a sign of an air leak somewhere, maybe the o ring where the carb attaches. Sounds like you don't get much throttle control either. I would advise not to let the motor starve of fuel until you get to the bottom of the problem, or fix the kill wires/ install a spring loaded switch to stop for machine from becoming an air raid siren, or worse, a starters pistol.
Last edited by Mowerfreak; 14/10/1703:39 PM.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
I was lucky to see my dad mow more than once a year, so it was needed for the 1 -2 foot tall grass with the late 1970s low arch Waltons store brand Victa 160. Trouble is the habit stuck when he borrowed my mowers to do regularly cut lawns in later years, despite my protestations!! I now kind of wish he still did people's lawns just to keep some of my collection exercised.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
So why are people concerned about them overrevving a bit higher than normal then? (Not referring to the original post here). In the 1980s, our neighbour's late 1960s Corvette with wind up starter used to rev quite high and I loved using it when I did their lawn. I was a bit disappointed actually, when it was adjusted after coming back from a service at the mower shop. I was to enjoy another high revving Victa again when I did this other woman's lawn and used her late husband's mower. I loved doing her lawn. We had some great chats too and I got to put her machine through it's paces. Good memories. Of course, I never kept them going at full throttle. I just liked to put it up for a moment to hear the higher than normal note!
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
I don't get concerned with Powertorques overrevving in particular, I hate seeing any motor revving harder than is needed for the job it is required to do,it is just that Powertorques are renowned for overrevving due to the carby design
Thanks for your replies. It hasn't done it again. Mowed a couple of lawns. It ran fast, even faster than when I put a blower vacuum cleaner into a 125cc Villiers motorbike engine....... just to see the supercharge effect. Got easy 40% more power. speedy
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