OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Finding and Swapping Tip & Curb Side Finds $15 from the tip

called into the tip today and picked these little treasures up, also scrounged a couple of motors out of their scrap bin, got the lot for $15, put some fuel in the blue one (dont know what it is apart from a victa) and it fired up first pull and runs very very well, could use it as is, but could do with the front axels fixing up a bit better than the pipe saddles it has on it

the sunbeam needs back axles and wheels but only grabed it for parts, it turns over and has spark, the VC160 self propelled needs a new rope on the starter and the throttle fixing as its broken, I just grabbed it for parts as one of my other VC160 has a broken base, it was not until I went to wheel it over to the ute did I realise it was self propelled.
OH well can't upload photos at the moment, dont know why as there just phone photo's the same as the rest I have put up, will try later.

vc auto drives , there will be a few of us interested in which mark you have found.

this is the message I'm getting for some reason, "413 Request Entity Too Large" the biggest photo is only 1.68meg??? it is a mark 4 auto drive

OK then it just sounds like the file size is to big then.I had the same problems when I started.There are a few ways to solve this problem.One is by using paint then selecting resize.I have in the past taken it from 100% to 20% it then is a good size and knocks the file in half.You could take it down even further here is the same photo resized at a different percentage.

This top one was resized at 15%.Took the file size from 1.13MB to 159KB.You may not need to go that small.

This one I did at 40%.File size from 1.13MB to 625KB.So that one is properly the better size.Once you have the size then just save as JPEG.Then you should be able to upload your picture with no problems.

When I do multiple pictures I use my e-mail program as it can resize really quickly,much quicker than paint can.
There other programs out there that can do it,but I won't confuse you with them as they all have a different ways of doing it.The simplest program sometimes (As is this case) are the easiest and the best way to go.
Give that a go see how you go with that.
Also if your going to dismantle the auto drive I'd like to put my hand up so some bits.
Just so you know the sticker on the engine doesn't give you the mark number they are merely the mark number of the engine.
This is the order the auto drives go in.

VC-160 Auto Drive Mark I

VC-160 Auto Drive Mark II

VC-160 Auto Drive Mark III

VC-160 Auto Drive Mark VI

You can see the handles here.My mark III isn't complete and doesn't have an air tube or filter box.It should be like the IV on the right.

well I have resized using Photoshop elements 7 at 35% so will give it a try, I just dont know why, when all the others worked OK without resizing?? anyway here goes.


And this one I cant figure out but geez it runs sweet.

And Blumbly without going and digging the VC160 out from my trailer (enclosed of coarse) to compare with your photos, I would say from what I can remember it would be a 3 or 4 as it has the same squarer type air cleaner/throttle that is broken. Got another VC160 at a garage sale to the same day not self propelled and will put up in another thread.

cheers

If you wreck the auto drive I'm chasing a few bits willing to pay

hey there tomo4192, I have not had much of a chance to look at it much or decide what I whant to do with it, but will keep you in mind if I decide not to fix it, do you know what Mark it is? and are these hard to come by? I see Blumbly has plenty LOL

The vc has seen better days lol. An that utility is not to bad. Iam doing one up atm the same as that one :-)

The easiest to tell what model it is (without checking engine numbers) have a look at the top of the handles. If it has a chrome bar for the clutch. It is a mark III if it is a plastic handle for the clutch it is a mark IV. As far as being hard to find. Yes they are getting harder to find. No not rare just losing them as they are at the point that people just throw them away. Yes I do have all four but it did take a while. Especially the mark I they are really hard to find.

it looks like mark two , as blumbly says plastic handle is a mark 4 .
but im thinking two because it may have the G4 throttle control but it looks a bit like there is a G3 chilling down there hence the other rubber pipe..?
more photos will answer this .
thanks man just thought id say just on the off chance as i have a mark 1 that im hoping to restore but its missing the lever and most of the auto drive parts.
cheers, tomo

It's got a chrome top handle and from memory I think you are right there is something fishy going on in the carny department as I recon someone has changed it over

Does it have a G3 or G4 carby. It's not really that easy to change from a G3 to a G4. You have to change the whole cylinder. Maybe look at the engine number and post it up. Maybe had a different engine.

From looking at the last pic where they have put another throttle control an snorkel iam guessin its got a g4 carby an most likely the engines been changed

Once he posts the engine number up I'll know straight away if it has been changed or not.

After having a closer look and looking at the details I have it would be a VC-160 Auto Drive Mark III.

As you can see black hub caps and a G4.The only other one that had black hub caps was the mark IV.Also below the handles that were said to be on it.Not sure how we got to saying it was a mark II,but anyway without an engine number I'd say a mark III.Not that the engine number could be right it may be wrong we don't know.

Yeah at work at the moment will be home on Saturday I will be able to answer a few more of your questions then.

Cool sounds good we shall wait. Working from home. What sort of work do you do?

No dont work from home, I work at in an open cut mine down the West coast of Tassy at a place called Savage River, I am a Pit Shift Supervisor, well I think the best thing I can do is put some pics up for you to look at.










The Hub Caps are silver.

Wow what the heck is it doing with a Amal Carburettor on it?Wow it should have a G4 on there.I'm not real sure how they changed it to fit that carby.Maybe changed the cylinder,or (let's put a spanner in the works)Maybe as it was an early Mark III,then maybe it had a G3.I guess that we will never know.Well from the engine number (which is the correct engine) it is one of the early Mark III's.She is in quite sad condition,but finally it is know what it is.