The Victa Corvette 700 became my favourite mower, easy to start, did a good cut, lots of power without needing maximum revs, very quiet, filled the catcher nicely, was able to idle slowly when removing and emptying catcher, great fuel economy, very comfortable to push and manoeuver.
Hit a rock and motor stopped instantly. No grinding type of noise, just stopped, big gouge into the rock. Wouldn't start again, compression OK, spark OK. Crankshaft not bent. Put some fuel down the spark plug hole, couldn't get a cough. Rope frayed with all the pulling, then broke so took off the covers and used a drill and socket to spin the motor but nada, nothing.
Appears the nut on the flywheel has never been touched, rather rusty. Could not budge the nut (don't have an impact driver) but plenty of big hammers, so couldn't take off the flywheel.
Suspect the flywheel key is sheared or flywheel slot damaged. Yes/no ?
Fortunately I still have 24 others, the grass has started to go beserk lately.
Last edited by MowingManiac; 08/10/23 09:09 PM.
