Thanks for that NormK,

I have read some older posts of yours and I think you are around the Dandy area. I am pretty much right across the other side of town in the Preston area mate.

I do have a rattle gun somewhere here but I haven't used it in years. The problem is the nut has rusted and it's breaking away where you would put a socket on it. Even with a rattle gun and socket there is nothing for it to grip to anymore.

I will try WD-40 soaking, vice grips, knocking it with a hammer a bit to see if it starts to move. As long as the thread stays good on the shaft I can then get a new washer and nut. But if the thread goes on the shaft then it's buggered, i'll probably just strip the good parts off the mower and engine and put them away if that happens.

Cheers!

Zip a dee doo dah, zip a dee ay, another trash picked Victa, hip hip Hooray!