OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Finding and Swapping Tip & Curb Side Finds My Victa And Some Hard Rubbish Finds

G'day everyone and thanks again for all the help with this, the great news is it's all sorted now. It looks like the fuel tap was the culprit. I changed out the brand new genuine Victa yellow handle fuel tap last night to an earlier type with an orange handle and the long white removable filter. Tried it out today and it just works perfect now.

Hi NormK I already had the top cover when I found this mower I just didn't have the original shroud for it as you said it was missing. I just bought a brand new shroud from a mower shop for about $12. It seems to be the correct part as everything lines up and sits in the correct spots with the shroud on the mower.

I took some photo's today of the mower now that it's all together and running. As a test I mowed another section of the yard with the fuel at the low level to see if it was going to surge and rev up again, I am very happy to say it never done it again at all.

This is the first time I have used another lawnmower to mow the lawn around here, and I must say this newer Victa powertorque 2 lawnmower just rips through the grass like a hot knife through butter! I don't know if it's the more power from these later powertorque engine's or if it's from the 4 blades on the bottom, it sure does make cutting alot faster and easier when compared to my original 1982 Commando full crank with just the 2 blades on the bottom! This mower is just tough and awesome!

I also took some video of the mower today and I uploaded a clip onto youtube, I filmed it at the lumpy tick over idle and a couple of fast revs before I turned the fuel tap off and stopped it.

Cheers and thanks again for all the help everyone it's awesome! Very happy to finally get this mower running perfectly!