Bugger. I have done the same thing myself in a rush and eagerness to use things (not straight fuel but other things). If its any consolation here is a photo of the piston from my Ozitio Leaf blower. Dropped a washer off the carby stud and bounced into the carb off the choke plate when pulling the carby halfway through use as it carked it (bad metering diaphragm). As soon as I revved it - bang grind.
Another piston and some cleaning up and away it goes again
Can't compare ozito to an old victa, but the level of p*ss off is the same when you start thinking 'What the f just happened'.
I am betting it was a bit lean on the oil but not straight
Stick a icecream/yoghurt container full of the suspect fuel outside for a few hours - it will go dark (as the petrol evaporates and it goes toward 12:1) and eventually almost pure oil if it had 2 stroke in it.
It looks about right for a 40+year old mower- this is the bore of my old VC sports and it runs perfect. Note fire extinguisher in second photo just in case
Nothing.
Not a damn thing. For some unknown reason the Zip isn't engaging anything. Well, that's got me stuffed as I didn't take it apart. Off it comes again, I have a look at how it works, and the penny drops. That INOX I sprayed in the starter cup housing thing seems to prevent the little spring loaded metal pawl things from grabbing. I guess the thing needs friction to work.
My sincerest apologies, I thought about typing that and completely forgot as I have done the same thing on my old Victa Monaro
What you will have to do is undo the end (its either a phillips screw or e clip depending on model. Then a spring, then a metal washer, then a fibre washer, then the pawl assembly, then another fibre washer, then another metal washer. Get all the oil out and sometimes you may even have to sand the fibre washers as they get a glaze on them anyway.
Is it over revving? Dunno, never had an FC before.
If you feel its really motoring upon rebuild, turn the little black knurled knob the vac line goes into in your 4th photo left or right. It controls rpm. They are a bit louder than a PT, but have a sweet note.
Do yourself a favour and try to track down some Penetrene for the stubborn bolts - it is absolutely the best. Expensive but worth it.
I did a major service on my car a few days ago - turns out the previous mobile d*ckhead (before I bought it) put in regular copper plugs not platinum (they were worn out to .060 gap) and torqued them down that hard I couldn't get one of them out - one spray of penetrene and ten minutes later it just came out.
Also worked out he put in straight water in the radiator and put green coolant just in the clear overflow bottle - which is just shonky. On the plus side the car now runs spot on.
Having full service history means absolutely nothing. haha
Regards
Tyler
