Hey guys, I'm sure this manual is probably on here already. But if it isn't, can you let me know. It will take a decent amount of time to scan as it has a heap of pages. I got it today and it's an absolute beauty of a read!!!
MF, I get really annoyed when I see some clown who is making a video of something and watch him put the nozzel from the jerry can, drop it on the grass and then without cleaning it puts it straight back in the fuel container and gives it a shake. Not interested in listening to anything he said after that and he was dragging it out, can't be bothered
NormK, firstly, thanks for explaining your reason. I wouldn't do it myself but no biggie as all the tanks of my mowers have debris in them and function fine thanks to the inbuilt filter on the tap. If he put it on the soil I would be annoyed, but you couldn't see any stuff sticking onto the tube. Petrol probably saw to that. At least he added the correct amount of oil that's the main thing. I would put it in first though and he could have agitated the container more. Having said that, why needlessly contaminate your fuel supply with dirt or debris?
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
MF, and if they still made mowers like that today we would not have to put up with all the Chinese junk we have on the market now. Boy have we gone backward in the race to the bottom in so many ways.
The problem Norm is that green Mustang would cost well over a grand in today's money and people aren't prepared to spend that level for a mower for life.
I'm sure if they'd offered four stroke mowers for $30 that would last a year or two there would be plenty of takers in the mid 70s world. Today if you want a mower for a decade plus, you get a Honda OHV.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
MF, the last of the PT's were $700 tops and I did see some being advertised for $599 so not an unrealistic price but it is all hypothetical now as they have killed off the 2 stroke because of emission "issues". Nobody ever talks about the billions of tons of emissions pumped into the air by China pumping out millions of rubbish mowers that often only last a year or two and nobody will look at most of them to repair them so they go straight to scrap and the cycle continues and they keep whinging about our pollution levels here
MF and Norm. If you guy's want to have this discussion can you open a new thread or do it in private messages? If i knew how to delete this thread I would because it's tainted by your back and forth nit picking. I just wanted to post my collection.
Hello all, The big issue here is a topic going way off-topic.
I remind all members that good searching on ODK requires member discipline - that we stay on topic.
Otherwise, the 'thread' of the topic is lost. This topic is about a collection and a Victa repair manual - with a generous offer to present it to all members.
This topic was created in the forum 'Collectors Corner'.
My apologies to Sean for this. Goodwill has been lost here.
I hope he returns in the future as he has, in a short time, contributed so much.
I appreciate the issues here. I will refer this for a second and third opinion.
I am convinced this is all about misunderstanding of intention and needs. It is a timely reminder to all members of forum rules and the spirit of those rules.
We must be a role model for opposing junk social media. No keyboard warriors, and civility must rule the day.
All of us should take a teaspoon of cement and harden up. But unfair comment will ensue, sometimes, and I don't think members should tolerate that.
I mean, we're talking garden products. If you disagree, do it in a polite way!
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