Right, well i was hoping you would say that, i have a soft spot for these mowers.

With the engine, i managed to fee one once by flooding it with motor oil. i removed the engine, pored about a 1/2 cup of 2 stroke fuel into each open orifice, then filled everywhere i could with the car oil, i did this over an old bin, supporting the engine on to bars. i let it all soak overnight, then the next day, turned it up the other way, and let it drain for another 24 hours into the old bin, i then flushed it with 2-stroke fuel, and let it air out for an hour, before slowly moving it small amounts, stopping every few mm to spray a dose of WD-40 into the ports and spark plug hole, after much time, and a few full revolutions of this, it was fee enough to dis-assemble and clean up. no re bore was required in this case, and it still runs full strength first pull 2 years later.

This is a Victa G3 Carburettor (supported on a TV connector):
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To remove the bars: this will be a little tricky depending on rust, with the aid of WD-40, remove the bolts of the back of those 2 'Fat' swing levers that Holt the bars from folding, then remove these from the shell, now remove the top 1/2 of the handles, then undo the bolts on the ends of the handle stubs, inside the rear chute area., the handles should then be able to be gently prised out.

I cant tell from the pictures for sure, but i am concerned there may be something missing from your inlet manifold, is it possible you could take a clearer shot of the second picture as the nipple for decompression may have snapped of your cylinder.

a few questions, is the 'View Stem' on the bottom of your fuel cap complete (should be about 3 inches or so long, are all 5 screws holding the cover on the same, and are you planning to salvage, or replace the starter with one that has the original sticker not so faded?

I have found a few things you might find useful:
-a working starter with less faded sticker
-the catch flap handle, not broken off at the end
-a full stem fuel cap
-5 original VC-160 dress cowl screws
-an original long white air filter canister, with lid
-the original throttle thumb piece
-the white handle bar centre locking lever.

Would you like any of these?

Cheers
Ty

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