Victa mower repair pt 1

This is how i fixed a victa commando.

There are a few mistakes i make in the video,
- I refer to two separate things as needles when only one sould be called a needle. The needle is the little plastic part which controls the fuel into the float chamber.
- The other thing which i call a needle should be called a jet screw.

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• victa.
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• mower
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• money
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• stroke

[richandiben]

I have a Victa, the other day I was turning the fuel tap off after use and the tap actually came out of it's mounting, the whole yellow (red on the commando) tap part.

It goes back in and feels quite secure but now i'm a bit worried about using it due to the hazard of fuel spilling while it's running.

Is the tap part supposed to come out when pulled?

[geoff390]

@richandiben the whole tap and fuel filter will screw in and out of the tank. the "handle" of the tap shouldnt come out they are pretty cheap to replace if you are worried about it.

[bigkev2257]

Thank you again Geoff 390. It accelerates/works like a new one after following your advice the first time. You are providing excellent advice, OVER 9000 HITS ON YOUR VIDEO! good on you mate. Do you know if anyone has the Victa 2 stroke workshop manual on cd or as a pdf file? It seems to me that all 160cc Victas are the same with different paint jobs and names for different shops but basically they haven't changed much in the last 15 years. Nothing like seeing you demonstrate how to do it.

[geoff390]

@bigkev2257 thanks, i have the repair books from ebay. Most librarys also have the repair manuals.

[bigkev2257]

Thank you Geoff 390. I have a Victa 160cc, 2 stroke Corvette, cost me $170 to have it repaired last time, floored me when I got the bill, this time I followed your video. Great mate it worked for me. However I cannot turn the mower off, I turn fuel off and let it run out of fuel in the carby to stop it. Kill switch on this model is two brass poles, is there a special way they connect to the carby? when I turn it "off" the motor increases revs.

[geoff390]

@bigkev2257 WHOA 170, all they would have dont is clean the dam thing! there isnt a special way but one does have to do straight in and the other across, replace both the rubber pieces and you should be good, when you put them in the carby have the throttle on 1/2.

[MackayHurricanes]

Anyone have any ideas how to reinstall the guard at the back, I took i toff to change the handle and teh spring won't go back, can't remove the metal rod?

[geoff390]

@northerbrewer Dont quite know where in this video i said to use it but anyway.

sometimes to get the bottom nut off it helps to heat it up, it ruins the nut because the nylon melts but there pretty easy to get spares.

[northerbrewer]

@geoff390

Don't use a blow torch on a flywheel

99 out of 100 times you will not have a problem. Especialy with iron you risk causing cracks from uneven thermal expansion..

[geoff390]

@jonblaz1 ummmm iv never needed any special tools to remove cowls. do you have both metric and imperial 1/4inch drive sockets?? there should be one that fits.