Well just to show I've been learning something from you guys on here I took another slightly-more-critical-and-trained look around my Victa 4-stroke utility which immediately led to a couple of points of interest (see pic below):

1) The B&S stamped crankcase/base number- 430 - does it mean anything? It's near the oil filler (top-right of pic)

2) The base-engine standoff spacers. I take it this is not a 'normal' arrangement?

I'm guessing point 2) points to a bit of a bitsa of a utility. Mind you if it is a bitsa then with the way it runs and cuts perhaps Victa was missing out on something.

[Linked Image from i1222.photobucket.com]

Cheers,


Patrick