If that's the case, I have about 500ml of near new SAE -30 oil saved in a bottle.

I also found the four blade holder off this engine is bent. I was going to use it on another mower until I gave it a spin by hand (with spark plug boot off) and picked up it was bent as I turned it.

The blades were on so tight I couldn't move them by hand, so the holder took the force with no give in the swing back blades as they struck something like a rock or tree root.


Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!