Well I finally managed to get the old Victa VC160 up and running, this mower had been sitting for around 10 years. it still had some old fuel in the tank, when I emptied the old fuel it just looked like black liquid. I also had to patch up the lower snorkel and I used a hose clamp on the end. I ended up changing the points and condensor a few days ago but I think it ended up being a bit of corrosion in the end of the spark plug lead as to why it had no spark.
When I first got it started it took a while for it to settle down and run smoothly, I started to mow the backyard with it and after a few minutes it started to run more smoothly. Not bad for something that's been sitting for 10 years. I recorded some footage of the beast now that I got it up and running after so many years.
Zip a dee doo dah, zip a dee ay, another trash picked Victa, hip hip Hooray!
