Good luck and keep us informed, a lot of the views that you may get on a post are from non members so don't become disheartened :-)
I second that one. There also a few that interested in what going some these engine as your repairs unfolds will help us to better our repair abilities too. Personally I have never seen a Victa in person and probably never will being the US.
Most of my two cycle work is with handhelds are usually destroyed when straight gassed. On the more expensive models I usually try get the piston assembly as lower in the cylinder barrel so I can split the crankcase and get the rod cap retaining bolts.
I do know that here straight gassing usually does quite a bit of cylinder damage but simple struck rings from carbon build up can also be pain to get a part sometimes. It will take lots time and patience working with back and forth movement. Once you it get it part the worse is usually over with.
I just spend over 9 hours removing the front differential (final drive) out of a Kawasaki 750 ATV just to replace it later after it is rebuilt. What a pain get to along all the rusted hardware.
