Ive got this sad old thing, had it for a while.

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looks like all the important bits are there so the intention was to fix it up and get it back in service with my mates mum. She reckons shes getting on and its getting hard to push her mower.
Only thing im not sure on is that the back wheels lock up and drag if you pull it backwards.

Snagged this mustang series 80 on eBay. $2.83
Inital thought was to do what Grumpy did with his 99c mower. Put a used carb diaphragm cover and spring on it and a good used spark plug boot as the one on it was split. The tank had no fuel or even oil residue in it, had the plastic bung and nut type fitting in the bottom so i tightened it up, what a pain, the fitting is in a recess in the bottom of the tank.
Fresh fuel and away it goes. Have to be the cleanest running Victa ive ever heard.
With the cover off i gave it a wash.
The catcher is pretty trashed but i might be able to do something with it.

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Even the blades are good.
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When i got the cover off i found all this stuff.
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This came off a motor i stripped.
Looks to me like the self drive on this type of base uses the same crank as what every series 80 motor has.
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So the question would be, do i have a go at opening up the green base and loading the diff etc into it?

Or should i put the motor off the green base on it and just whack one of the black covers on it??

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