Victa Utility - Plastic Height Adj Segment

the rust had gotten to all the moving parts so a few days of work to get functioning again. question for the shop.
do you have any of these height adjuster plastic boot things??

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one more quicky, is this motor supposed to rev as high as it does?? never had one rev so high.
thanks
sean

Last edited by CyberJack; 20/05/16 07:05 AM. Reason: Topic heading.

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Re: Victa Utility - Plastic Height Adj Segment

seanw #75519 20/05/16 02:20 AM

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victoria australia

tomo4192

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Hey man the hight adjuster segment come up on eBay every now and then I use them with restorations but if I'm going to use the mower I usually use a screw and nut with the thread flattened on each side so it fits in the hight notches . As far as the teeing goes it may have a stripped governor gear or may just need adjusting to factory setting which isn't hard I would post the instructions but they are packed away at the moment I'll see if I've got a carby I can demonstrate on

Re: Victa Utility - Plastic Height Adj Segment

seanw #75544 20/05/16 08:19 PM

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Gippsland, Vic

Gadge

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G'day folks,
This machine will have a 3L carby, which isn't governed. Don't know that there was ever a full throttle RPM spec for these, but that for the later G3 governed carb models is 3800-4200rpm.

As tomo4192 says, your best chance for a height adjuster segment is a NOS one on FleaBay - after all this is a ~50 year old mower! It comes in a set with the handle cover.

There's one up there now, ending Sunday. Plug 'vintage victa height' into the search window there to find it.

Cheers,
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Re: Victa Utility - Plastic Height Adj Segment

seanw #75567 22/05/16 08:07 AM

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nsw australia

seanw

thanks for the input fellas. i recon i will go with tomos idea, after. well how can i say this. i failed to check the exhaust port before attempting to start, with a drill. after blowing the gasket i found the exhaust port half blocked with really hard crap. so i will get to work pulling it all apart and making a new gasket, and i thought it was an easy fix(all in need to do is fix the height adjuster)wheels, ect HAHA 4 days of work. why do i do it?
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