OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Collectors Corner Identification of Particular Machines Side Chute: Victa p/n 8-2363

Hi all... picked this up recently... does anyone recognise the part number ?

Hi Kenny
I hope this one is solved.

It is a side chute - but not a wind rower.
Wind-rowers relate to side-discharge machines only.

The p/n is a definitive clue - but I cannot find it in the V1 Green Book,
or my incomplete V2 Green book.

The number suggests a 1972-75 Victa model.
I'm hoping a member will identify it.

Many thanks for the great images.
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Jack

Wow. I haven't seen one of those in a while. 24 years ago, my local mower shop had so many left over, he couldn't give them away, except to me.
He gave me one for the low arch as well as one to fit a high arch model (VC??). I since lost them. *sad*.

G'day folks,

As CyberJack has said, this is a side discharge chute, as distinct from a windrower.

Victa called these an 'Ejector Chute', and this type was supplied with their mid-arch rear catcher models from the 1970 Model Year on. An example with its mower: https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=41574

I'd agree with CyberJack on its being early 1970's too, as Victa changed their part numbering system in the mid-1970's to include letters, and this unit pre-dates that change.

I haven't been able to find that exact part number, and was hoping the Green Book could provide some info.

That number isn't listed in any of these 1970's Victa Tech Bulletins; https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/u.../guide-victa-catcher-identification.html