G'day All,
Just got the old Victa (?????) going and did a proof of concept cut of our front lawn. This usually takes about an hour with the Rover push mower. Did it in less than 20 minutes. Gotta love that!!
Had trouble getting the starter to work. (Two wiring joints just twisted together. Solder & heat shrink fixed these. Bad earth on the solenoid & bad earth on the earth cable itself where it joins the chassis. She then fired up quite willingly.
After about five minutes, started to run like it was on full choke. Off with the aircleaner. Not guilty. Check the main jet needle adjustment, found half the head broken off and as tight as blazes. Took it out, removed the corrosion from the thread, put all back together, startedit, adjusted, and now runs like a dream. I then did the proof of concept run I mentioned earlier.
Found that the main drive belt needs replacing, and it has no brakes whatsoever. These are the next projects.
Tried your suggestion Boffa, but still can't get access to the manuals section. Thanks anyway. I also use Firefox, so thought it may work, but no luck.
Anyone got any other suggestions? I think I need to get into this area for the next part of the job.
Cheers
Maurie
