Morning guys,
thankyou for the posts,
WOW old newspaper photos
those were the days:).
I noticed both photos of the commando cowling on newspaper photos are not the same as mine (the cowlings flat part and cowling sticker goes from front to back on the commandos while it goes left to right on my 87 and the pacer and matador newspaper photos
I imagine over the years some parts have been changed which makes identification hard. I took some more part numbers to maybe try and help identify
ST12644A - taken from starter wheel assembly
CA09338G - Blade holder assembly
AF07481 - Inside snorkel
However i have compared these part numbers with all the "87" models on this parts book
https://pushmowerrepair.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Spare-Parts-Reference-1970-1991.pdf And none of them matched. (sorry to link to another website - i could not find this parts book on outdoorking)
The only "visual match" i could find was the cowling with the newer parts book (but this parts book is dated 1990-2002 and 1999-2002 on front cover)
https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/images/...%20Manual%201990%20to%20Early%202000.pdfThe match i found was "V160 cowling vantage" on page 24-25
I actually picked this mower up as it was being thrown out. The carby had been dismantled and missing a few bits in carby, no spark plug, broken spark lead
I originally brought it back home to use for parts for my 83 silverstreak, as the reving on my silverstreak is being a little irratic lately, so i took some carby parts and sparkplug onto this 87 mower, and it started first pull!
While stripping the parts of my silverstreak, i noticed the carby was filthy on my silverstreak, so ive decided to purchase a couple carby kits for both mowers, to try and get the both going.
The G4 or LM (im not sure of difference if some1 could point that out) carby on my silverstreak and this 87 mower are different
My old silverstreak has a very different black diaphram and also a "fast slow" dial, while the newer 87 has the green diaphram and does not have this slow fast dial
Ive taken some more photos for you guys which might help in further identifcation, plus of the differences in the carby between my 83silverstreak and this 87 victa
Thanks again!
