Had one of these with a PT on it dropped off this morning because they couldn't get it started. Float needle was missing so it had been fiddled with. Then there is the next issue that comes with PT's on these, heap of crap compared to the F/C's, the F/C's are such a better motor for this purpose. The PT's are problematic to start and kick back, require several pulls to get them started. Once running they are fine but are a pig to start. A couple of times I have taken the motors off and put them on a standard base and they work perfectly, but put them back on the 24 base and they turn into a pig again. Don't understand what it is all about.
It would be interesting to know how many of these Victa sold I wouldn't have thought big numbers because they would have had so many complaints about them, they really are a bitch of a machine, quite happy to never see another one of them. Problem is I can't start swapping them back to F/C's as it requires too many parts and motors are getting in short supply.
I'm also thinking about trying to fit a manual decomp to try and reduce the kickback
Last edited by NormK; 08/04/20 04:15 PM.
