PushMowerRepair.com - Repairing a Victa Pull Start 

great.... fixed. had my mother here going" Stephen I dont think you can fix it". the look on her face, golden.. thanks (take that mum)

You're the BEST. You single handely saved me a heap of time AND I earned brownie points with the missus (which I intend on redeeming tonight!)

I was told it would take a month to get my mower looked at as they were very busy. So I tried this and managed to do it myself in afternoon. Thanks so much, the video was very easy to follow for a novice.😀

Great help! Without your video, I was thinking of buying a new mower and all the grief that gives you down the track. Thanks a lot!!!

Great stuff mate. Clearly shown & narrated. Good old (young) Aussie tradesman! Thanks for saving my dear old Victa, I nearly put it out with the hardwaste. I like the bit where the doodad fits into the whatsitsname while you held the thingamejig steady. Now to find a vice.

Excellent video. My spring clip keeps jumping out of its position. I solved the problem by keeping constant pressure on the clip as I tightened it.

Thanks for shooting this video as it was most helpful when I came to repairing my pull start cord and re-locating the rewind spring which came disconnected when the cord ran back violently after it broke. My model is the Power Torque 550 professional 160cc which is very similar. I was suprised how the starter dog is inside the crankcase and engages on a pin right on the crankshaft by the big end. Edit:: just finished cutting the first lawn. Engine runs even better than before as when I had the starter assembly out (actually one side of the crankcase) I noticed the seal mentioned in the video was shot. So made a new one out of "O ring" kit and super glue and this has improved the running of the motor - as you would expect especially with a 2 stroke.

Nice video, I was scratching my head for a while till i came across your tutorial. Thank you!

easy to follow, the spring clip underneath had me stumped, watched this nailed it first try. Thanks

Very handy video's for this old 2 stroke man. I get all my Victa bits and pieces off these guys and thoroughly recommend them.

Bonza mate! I’ve been winding from the spindle side and never knew the central shaft comes out on the other side. Great video!😎

Thanks heaps for this download. Pull cord snapped on mine and followed all the instructions as you described. Was quoted $150 for a service and replacement cord on my 20+ year old victa mower. Paid $10 bucks for the cord at our local Bunnings store and the rest was done as per your instructions. Took me bout 2 hours lols, but got there in the end. Hardest bit for me was trying to bend and cut the spring inside (as it was missing the lug) so it could catch and recoil. Legend.

Thanks so much for putting this video together. I replaced a cord & pulled 5-6 times all recoiled & mower started ran for a few seconds & stalled , 2 more pulls & recoil spring failed. I tried for half an hour to grab & hold the flat cross bit without success. now Ill get the vice grips out & complete the job.

hello . man ive learned so much about 2 stroke mowers from you. i have 4 2 strokes and 2 4 strokes and a cox ride on with a briggs stratton engine. i cant believe how simple it is to repair yourself. ill be ordering parts off you shortly. thankyou so much for shareing your knowledge. 10 out of 10. thanks

I’m very late to this but the vid is perfect. Thanks so much. Saved me heaps of time.

Helpful clear instructions without fluff and bullshit. Thanks cobber.

Thanks Cobber, very helpful.

Perfect explanation and demonstration. Thanks bud

Thanks for the video, you saved me $$$$. I have the satisfaction of fixing it myself.

I have watched many hundreds of these sorts of videos and this was one of the best. Good job!

Superb! Fixed my lawnmower thanks to this!!

Excellent presentation. Descriptive and detailed using easy to understand language.

Thanks for your time and effort, I haven't fixed my own mower for years and had simply forgotten all this stuff, you guys are legends..keep up the great work.

Well done! Thanks for the alternative method too. We've got plenty of videos that should help, there is a carby one too.

Thank you very much for this video very helpful ! Saved me atrip to the mower shop. Regards Bruce

Simple, informative and to the point, great work and thank you, the old Victa fired up on the first pull!

Great video and well explained

Excellent videos and website. Will be getting some Parts from you myself :)

Great video, covers everything you need for the job. What a catastrophically complex and frustrating design though, it's almost like Victa were just trying to see in how many areas they could cause a crankcase leak.

Thanks. Worked a treat. Nice clear instructions. Mower pull cord up and running again. Thanks guys.

Very helpful, even though you didn't cover the part that is causing trouble on my mower.. the centrifugal pawls that engage with the pin attached to the flywheel/crankshaft suddenly froze up. Now I know how to disassemble it, cleaning and lubricating the pawls should be no problem. Thanks!

Great video mate, probably saved me over $100 by doing it myself. Good onya young fella, cheers.

Who possibly could thumb down this video? Well done!!

Thanks m8 great video, saved me a trip to the repair guys

Thanks mate, great video

Nice work, thank you

Thanks for the great video. Solved my mower issue.

That's great mate. Excellent comprehensive video. Did the job perfectly.

Thanks , excellent .. can I suggest if unscrew the 2 screws on bottom this removes a collar ... the reduced height on removal means can use a shift spanner [ 1 on on each side to remove the central pin ..no need to get a vise clamp at all .]I also found only 1x 'O' ring not the 2 ..

Nice one mate, cheers

Excellent Tutorial... thanks for that... love being able to fix mower for myself....

Thanks bro, the mower now goes, and i saved myself some dollars.

Awesome!!! Good on ya mate, thanks for sharing 👍🏻 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Piece of cake when you know how! Cheers

Love the work bro and love the kincrome best aussie tools

Excellent video! Saved me a heap of time. Thanks!

Thanks for this, very helpful.

Best vid out there for the replacement cord thx mate !!

Excellent description, many thanks.

Excellent instructional video, well done.

thank you, that was very informative. keep up the good work.

Thanks guys, great video, really helpful

Thank you for making this informative video.

Worked like a charm. Thanks mate

Excellent video most imformative thanks for posting.

Thanks mate! Very helpful.

Lovely video guys on the Victa powertorque engine fixing the pull starter assembly is it common for the recoil to fail over time and i find it very helpful also to spray WD.40 on the pin pf the pull starter as it makes it easier to retract better

thahks man

You can do it without a vice if you have a second person that can hold the starter housing or locking pliers. i am not aware of any other way that you can disassemble the starter. if i come across any other ways i'll be sure to upload a video.

Thank-you :) helped alot.

Thanks g the man

unreal just finisnhed doing mine but now i have to get a new seal . my one is not good thanks for the info mate

Just wot i was looking for, cheers bro.

saved my day! Thanks

Awesome!! Thank you for sharing!! :)

Thank you so much. Before this, it was worse than a rubrics cube..

Awesome video thanks

Got a slightly later model engine (VEX60) but the procedure was the same, thanks. Took me about 10 attempts to get the wire circlip to stay on my model as it kept falling out of position. Also wanted to know whether there was 2 o-ring seals on the shaft or 1, and after watching this video in slow-mo I noticed there was only 1 o-ring. no idea what the other slot was for.

great help. Thanks mate.

Thanks for that.

thankyou was very helpful

Thanks

Hi thanks for the awesome tutorial. I folloeed your steps all the way thru. But went i tried to pull the cord it retracted all good but seems there is no grab when pulling. Any suggestions to why Many thanks Matt

Great tutorial, well presented and easy to follow... MangoHead Likes

Fixed it thanks, appears the shaft from the pull cord disk was burred and not moving freely. Once sorted all ok

Do you use any kind of lubricant inside where the coil is to reduce the friction? Great video....😎

anyone else get the impression, that, between this starter mechanism, and the G-type plastic carbs...toss in the ignition spark module you cannot get to without removal of blade disc (sometimes easy, sometimes not, on old mowers) and then engine assy from chassis shell..Victa pretty much intended for these mowers to fuck up in a lot of ways? a lot of people threw up their hands and went got a new one..

Can't seem to find a solution to my issue, spring has plenty of tension and returns fine but when pulling it rarely engages the motor. Does the throwout action seize up?

The Friction Spring on my mower is NOT fitting snugly around the circular lip on the starter assembly. The spring is oblong, not completely circular and when i try to tighten the starter it jumps up off the circular lip. I must have bent it, correct? I was experimenting before and tried to fit it without removing the starter. Also I have a Victa MasterCut 460 which uses the ST12624U friction spring whereas this spring is ST12624A and my mower store can only get that one. Do you know if the A model spring is suitable?

how many different models of the old two stroke mower were there?

Hey mate, I've found all of your videos to be very informative and I'm grateful that you guys have this information available to the public. I've followed your tutorial however my problem is that the chord works perfectly when it is not in the mower, but when I put it back into position I can pull out 2-3 inches of the chord and then it stops and is stuck? Any help would be appreciated.

hey guys would you have a video on pull cord replacement on a Victa Tilt A Cut . cheers Larry

Once the start pull is assembled and after a few pulls, the 'circlip' (friction spring) unclips ..the notch in the clip is still in place but rest of the wire finds it way under the starter shaft mechanism (the part which makes contact with crank pin). This part of the starter shaft has some play to allow the clip to move out of its location. Any solutions you can offer ?

Bring back the dubstep on new video intros!

I made this repair a while ago on a mower but the mower hasn't been used since. I tried to fire the mower up but the starter cord got wrenched out of my hand violently as I pulled the starter cord. It also makes a clanging sound which I can't quite pinpoint. The blade carrier does move slightly when you try to rock it, could it be an engine bearing problem or do you think something else?

I followed this to a T and I am still having issues with the pull start, any pointer would be appreciated. All looks ok with the housing off, pul cord pulls and returns, etc. but once i get it in to the mower and pull once (starts ok) the cord remain out and does not return. I did notice with the housing off of it tightened to unit it got stick and does not rotate easily, what am I missing here.? - (ps new pull start plastic disk)

The pull cord was stuck on my mower so i took it apart as per your video. The cord now moves and effectively turns the engine over but the cord retracts only slightly not matter how much tension i give it by winding the mechanism. The spring looks ok but is it possible that it's stretched a bit and lost its springiness? Or is there some other explanation?

don't try to put a spanner on the plastic hex and rattle gun the nut...without safety glasses ;)

How do you fit the pull start mechanism back onto the mower? Mine is not turning the blades when reinstalled? Am I not lining it up properly and if so how does it need to be lined up?

Thanks heaps BUT... Every time I reassemble, it's a bit tight and won't rewind, undo the nut a tiny bit and it works fine. Whats wrong?

Hi, I have repaired the cord and it retracts etc. But when I place it back onto the motor it doesnt move. like its jammed. What next?

So 2021 now..... what has he moved onto??? Cummins engines into Landcruisers I bet ( and his little brother on cam? )

How do we buy from you?

This may just save my mower from the tip

Don't you grease any parts

Great stuff mate. Clearly shown & narrated. Good old (young) Aussie tradesman! Thanks for saving my dear old Victa, I nearly put it out with the hardwaste. I like the bit where the doodad fits into the whatsitsname while you held the thingamejig steady. Now to find a vice.