That was quick Norm, I suppose it was just a case of pulling a previously checked working PT off the shelf as it was nothing special shaft wise.
Interesting about the starter. I looked in the old manual, but it doesn't really say much - pretty much every PT in there has a number thats slightly different
Hi Tyler, I just pulled the motor off a PT I had sitting here, gets another one off the floor and out of the way. Starter has me stumped. I have never tried moving one around on the holes before. but I will try on another PT and see what happens
I get what you mean now - with a vac you have the pull handle facing the cyl head and up - pretty much 180 deg out. I know the PT tac has a different bit on the starter as they do the same
I did see this Victa Vac on gumtree but have no idea if you can find anyone that wants one ,I still have a Heavycut Vac here with a Honda motor ,it's been sitting in the rain for 3 years.
I've dragged up another 35 mowers from the back yard to scrap I wonder how many I will have to scrap before I notice a difference because I still don't notice any gone. At least I notice all the ride on mowers gone.
Are you seriously scrapping all those 2 strokes Max, I can't bear to see that happen, I won't be able to sleep at night if you do. Just seemed a bit of a shame to scrap the vac, seeing I had enough bits to get it back working, but if all else fails I can scrap it and build up another 24. At the moment I need to get another 20 Victa bases repaired and painted before the weather goes bad but I might be running out of time, starting to get cold now
Most of the Mowers take thumb latch catchers Norm ,the catchers would be worth more than the mowers .
The engines and wheels will be removed as I have a lot a Victa utility mowers ,then the alloy bases can go to scrap alloy.
The steel bases can be dropped off to you. I've tried advertising some ,perfect alloy base running motor with a catcher $20. and no interest. If you have to buy points and condenser it's $28. and module would be $22.
The Victa Vac is worth fixing if you can make some profit from it ,otherwise the wheels and fuel tank can be used on a 24.
I know someone who took a trailer load of 2 stroke Victa motors to the scrap metal yard.
Hi Max, I'm not really interested in the mowers or catchers or wheels (I'm sick of dealing with crappy Victa wheels) I'm interested in motors, particularly F/C's for slashers, but if you are keeping the motors then I can rest easy
G'day Norm, Tyler and all, Some of the PT starters are able to be rotated and others are not. The early type(pic1) with the removable "plastic ring" can be rotated in any of the 3 positions as long as you drill and tap the screw holes to match where you want to screw the ring back on. This allows for the piston to come right through it's stroke at bottom dead centre. The all alloy starters come in two types, the first(pic 2) being able to be rotated 120 degrees from the usual position again because it's got the cut away for clearance at bottom dead centre in 2 locations and the last pic which shows a starter that will only fit in the usual position. I hope this clarifies your starter woes a little.
Ok, having thought about this vac with the PT on it, I think I will scrap it because the wheels and fuel tank are worth far more to me than I would ever get for the unit..Pity but the slashers are more important to me than the vac
I reckon most people now (unless you have flame trees or pies or something that puts out mass amounts of leaves/needles/seedpods) can get away with the smaller vacs.
The echo vacsac was available up to a few years ago and that is a great machine. The problem arises that when briggs took over parts distribution they cheaped out on the replacement impellers. They flog out and strip in as little as 10 mins.
I saw a star products vac at the tip, checked and since the impeller spun freely, figured it wasn't worth the effort. Talked to a mechanic mate and discovered potential fixes, so I went back 3 days later and it was still sitting there.
Same as an echo body wise, but a 1e34f china motor.
Turned out it (unlike echo) has a clutch. Replaced the carby, new throttle lever and fuel lines and it is perfect. Doesn't like big frangipani leaves but good otherwise.
For $20 plus modifying a ryobi bag, it is definitely worth it.
Its a shame that the big victa vacs don't sell, but most commercial operators just see them as a 30 yr old machine.
