I rarely get anything in as pristine condition as this one. It has a Briggs and Stratton DOHC engine and didn't take much to get it going. I have never seen one like this before. I can't understand how or why it got to the recycle centre and why it wasn't grabbed before I got there. There was actually a guy playing with it when I arrived there but he couldn't get any kick out of it so moved on. I was going to do the valves but couldn't find any instructions and the adjustment mechanism was a little daunting for me. in the end it didn't need it anyway and a very cursory clean of the carburettor while it was still mounted seemed to do the trick. It also has one of those automatic thermo-chokes. I could not find a proper engine number and the label in the picture didn't help google.
This might be a keeper; at least for awhile anyway.
Hi Sparker, I doubt it would be a DOHC my 1982 750 Honda was the first of the Honda DOHC's and they had 4 valves per cylinder. I doubt Briggs would have made a mower engine that complicated, OHC but not DOHC
Lol! it has DOV on the valve cover not DOHC! Getting old has its problems Norm. Anyway, I only saw two valves there so I don't know what DOV stands for.
Top notch score there sparker . That would be a fine chassis to whack a PT onto if you so wished, but I'd keep the Briggs running as long as possible myself. Good looking mower.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
Nice find there Sparker, good strong alloy base on that one mate! Great find!
I did once see an older model 4 stroke B&S on a steel base Victa chucked at a scrap metal yard a while ago. Problem was this thing looked like a chicken carcass after it had been ravaged by vultures or something..lol. There wasn't much left on it at all!
Cheers!
Last edited by Converse; 27/04/1911:20 PM.
Zip a dee doo dah, zip a dee ay, another trash picked Victa, hip hip Hooray!
Converse, I will give you a bit of advice, stay away from the Briggs stuff unless you find one in the sort of condition that Sparker did. Just stick with your Victas unless you find a body in excellent condition with a blown Briggs on it then you can fit a PT on it and dump the Briggs motor. Do not go down the path of fixing Briggs ones
I have to ask why Max? I always end up with 4 stroke bases but I never end up with Briggs motors to fit on them, too many are finished by the time I get hold of them
Converse, I will give you a bit of advice, stay away from the Briggs stuff unless you find one in the sort of condition that Sparker did. Just stick with your Victas unless you find a body in excellent condition with a blown Briggs on it then you can fit a PT on it and dump the Briggs motor. Do not go down the path of fixing Briggs ones
G'day NormK I was only looking at it to see if I could salvage anything from the steel base for my Victa 2 stroke mowers. But seen as the base was pretty rusted out I just left it on the scrap pile.
Yes the only way I would grab a 4 stroke mower is if I found something in similar condition to the one Sparker found. But I don't think I will find something in that good condition around here...lol
Cheers!
Zip a dee doo dah, zip a dee ay, another trash picked Victa, hip hip Hooray!
Look what I allowed to slip between my fingers last week. The body was in sound condition with non of the usual frailties evident. A car pulled up and took it as I was still deciding whether to go to the trouble of wheeling all the way to my parked car a fair distance away.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
Look what I allowed to slip between my fingers last week. The body was in sound condition with non of the usual frailties evident. A car pulled up and took it as I was still deciding whether to go to the trouble of wheeling all the way to my parked car a fair distance away.
Hi Mowerfreak, shame about not grabbing that mower mate. Yes I am also kicking myself about a month ago there was a complete Victa powertorque mower sitting on the kerb down the road. I drove past it twice during the day and I was thinking that no one would grab it. I went back again a few hours later to get it and it was gone. It was just a standard 80's powertorque mower similar to the one I have but it looked in good original condition. Another one that slipped away.
Zip a dee doo dah, zip a dee ay, another trash picked Victa, hip hip Hooray!
. That would be a fine chassis to whack a PT onto if you so wished, but I'd keep the Briggs running as long as possible myself.
