OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Finding and Swapping Rare Finds & Donations Twin Twins

What is the length of the cable, you might find one from a series 70 utility mower might go damn close to fitting as they have the cable go straight down the handlebar to the engine as the twin does.

Id probably have a cable here that would work if you can give me a length.


Same as the electic??? Ive got handles on the one ive got here. Not much point keeping the mower as i will never find a catcher. Probably best to scrap it.
I had thought about making up a mulcher plug for it.

Thanks Joe and Rodeobob,I'll pull it of the mower this afternoon and measure it's length.I'll let you guys know when I have done that?Thanks for the quick reply.

I have had a look around here for you Jeffery, But so far no luck.

If we can get the length, you may even find some in the store.

I got on to Bruce about the VC-160 cable (Yellow) and there suppliers dont carry them anymore, but he is checking if there is any left in stock.

[Censored] that's not good then.I guess if he has some then I would need at least 3 for now.I guess it depends on how many he has got,if any.I suppose if he only has say 6 I would get them all and have some spares.I'm getting worried now.I was hoping he had some.As I only ever got one of my 3 (The mark III) and you seen how stuffed that one was.Fingers crossed come on Bruce you can do it.

Same here, bacause I am after a few myself!

However I am trying to see if i can source some through any other places, I have a few on my list, so I will let you know if I have any luck!

Sure can Ty.I have taken cable out and measured it.It 1055mm that's just the outer casing.It is 1105 from ball for carby to where it hooks on at throttle control.How ever I did notice that there is a kink in the cable.Could this be the problem?




I have added some pictures of the cable and it's bend.I'm just wondering if this could be a problem.If you think it is then let me know.Thanks

Well the bend certainly wouldnt be helping the situation.... I find they dont straighten out that well either, I will measure a few tomorrow if you like.

Yes please do.I think I will try to straighten it,but I do agree I don't think it will work out.

Give it a go, it will either work or it wont.

Yes I did thanks Rodeobob,and I got it almost dead straight you can hardly tell it was even bent.I haven't put it back in yet.I will a little later today.I suspect that it will work a lot better now.It was in bad shape.

Looks to me like maybe it got bent while fitting the carb to the motor.

Not sure but the twin looks like its up high enough, some of the old g4's you need to pull the rubber elbow off the carb before removing it as turning the carb with it on squishes it all up and stuff.

Yeah could have been.I noticed it when I first pulled it apart.I scratched my head and thought maybe it should have been like that,but after putting it back together and noticed that it didn't work correctly.So that was the point I realized it wasn't right.Have fixed it up.Fairly good you would hardly know it was bent.I just haven't put it back on twin (Goliath).Ended up catching a [Censored] cold.Not happy about that.Sat me on my bum all day today.[Censored] colds.

Rest up, im sure it will still be there when you are all better.

Well yes that's true,it will wait.I just still wish the whether would warm up.Had two fantastic days here last week,then after that back to this horrible stuff.Just makes having a cold harder and longer to get rid of.

Does any body know of the best place to get fuel lines to fit the Twins.I'd like to get maybe a roll.Not just a 1 metre length.After all they will pretty much fit most other mowers as well.

Best guess would have to be a wholesaler, places like ga spares sell 50m rolls. I am almost certain though you have to be a business to purchase off them.

There was somone selling rolls of victa fuel hose on ebay, it was grey though, a friend of mine got some and it was not tolerant to fuel at all, cracked and perished within weeks of use.

I bought some line of an eBay seller a while back, he lists as 1m buy now, and you can just select to buy X quantity, I got 2m, came as one continuous piece.

I'll dig him up and see if he still has any.

victa fuel hose 1mtr on ebay

victa fuel hose 30cm on outdoorking.

Yes Joe you must be one of there dealers.I've tried to get stuff from them before.Thanks Ty let me know how you go.

the ebay link Joe has provided is the same guy i used, 8.80 a metre, free postage, just type how many metres you want in the qty box before submiting.

OK cool thanks Ty,I'll give him a shot and see what we come up with.

Finally found a pointy ail filter cap today,for my twin.It came on the Victa Monaro I picked up today.

Wonderfull, this is a good step forward in compleating it.

How did your cable go? and have you any new news on the base repairs?

Cap does have some scratches though,like it has been dragged on the ground.Haven't fitted cable yet,or checked on other bases progress.Didn't get back from the coast until late today.So I didn't get a chance to find out.

Yeah seen that earlier today Chris. I think that is awesome.Just a pity I don't have that kind of money sitting around to throw at it. Otherwise I would.

Someone should message the seller and hit them up for an email with the full size pictures to put on the forum

Yeah it was very cool.Don't know what happened to it.Somebody must have given him what he was asking.

Don't know what happened but it was taken off.I still haven't put the throttle cable in yet.[Censored] I must be lazy.Better do it tomorrow.Will let you all know how I go.

Got my spare Twin base back today after the patch was welded into it.[Censored] fine job by the look of it.I'm happy with it.Just have to grind,file and sand it down now.It should look fantastic when it is done.Looking forward to seeing it completed now.




So as you can see it all looks good.The Model 5 department store base looks good as well.I would have picked it up but they forgot to do one weld at the handle bar bracket.Hopefully next week.