Dads Sport Scout

[FLFD7]

Tom,
yeah, the wires getting crowded back there, I might rethink it and go your route…

[FLFD7]

Tom,
I’m eliminating the second fuse, and made progress on the wiring.

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[FLFD7]

The speedometer cable was looking kinda ratty

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So I cut off all the torn up parts of the cover

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I decided to cover it, used some hockey stick tape

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Looks pretty good

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[FLFD7]

The speedo itself could use a little cleaning

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The bezel and glass have to come off

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The face needs a cleaning

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to be continued…

[FLFD7]

The number dials had some sort of dirt/mold combination judging by the greenish brown color

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I thought I’d try some alcohol on a q-tip and seemed to do the job, here I cleaned the red tenths dial

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Behind the dials it looked pretty clean

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So I put it all back together. When I took it apart I noticed the nut that holds the needle in place was missing. From the scratches on the bezel, case, face and the missing nut I know this has been taken apart before. The nut is special, it has a little shoulder on it that fits in a recess on the needle. I’m not sure if it’s a 00-90 or 00-96, replacement are available from Greer I see but at $10 a nut plus shipping a bit steep, so I went thru some speedos my father had and lucky he had one missing the bezel so I liberated that nut for this bike.

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Put it all back together and a couple observations. The trip meter sets back to 60.0. I messed around with it for quite a bit, spun the dials around I don’t know how many times, but it keeps resetting to 60.0. Oh well, I can do the math in my head, so I’ll leave it. The other thing, I cleaned the face with hand soap and water and a soft toothbrush, and it took the paint off numerals. I didn’t notice while I was doing it, what with all the soap suds, and when I dried it off it looked pretty good. It wasn’t till I saw one of the before pictures that the numbers changed from whitish/yellowish to silver. Too late now but I’ll have to be more careful if I ever do a speedo face again.

[FLFD7]

Done with the dash wiring

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Lights work, horn blows, making progress. On to the plug and coil wires…

[FLFD7]

Working on the ignition wiring, gonna use, or rather reuse the 55 year old wires ( marking says made in 2nd quarter of 67 )

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The wires cleaned up and seem nice and pliable so why not. Test fit everything and shortened the coil wire for my routing. Now I’ll take it apart again and give the wire guide tube a coat of paint.

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[FLFD7]

So it’s been over a month since I last posted anything, unfortunately my father passed away just before New Years and I’m just getting back to the bike. I hate it that he won’t get a chance to see it back up and running, that was the original internet, but I talked it over with his wife and I’m going to finish this bike as a tribute to him.

I started messing around with the gas tanks, they are rusty but I’m going to get as much out as I can so I can run it. I’ve have had tanks done by a local radiator guy in the past, but he can’t guarantee the paint won’t get messed up and I need to keep the original paint, so I’m going to clean them out the best I can and I always run an inline filter anyway so I think that’s good enough. I threw sixty 1/4 inch square nuts and gave it a good shake for a while. The first go round I got plenty out.

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I repeated the process 9 or 10 times and got a progressively smaller amount of rust each time. My friend recommended Coca Cola, so I filled it up with Coke and let it sit for a day, dumped that out and filled it up with Metal Rescue and let it sit for another day. I’m happy with the results.

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It’s hard to get a picture in there, but it looks pretty good. Not perfect, but with an inline filter it’s good enough.

I repeated the process with the right hand tank, I even wrapped them up in blankets and tumbled them in the clothes dryer like I’ve seen posted on this site. They’ll be fine and the paint is intact.

Thats it for now.

[joe fxs fxr]

Sorry you lost your dad, but glad you are continuing in his memory.

[exeric]

Good to hear from you, Joe and happy to see you're finishing the legacy to your Father. Your tanks are looking great and coincidentally, I'm deep in the process of getting my SS tanks to the painting stage. I've done the clothes dryer technique myself and have always been pleased with the results.

[exeric]

Spent today working on the Scout tanks. It seems never ending as these tanks are an early version of the welded Indian tanks made back in the mid-90s. They are a bit on the Frankenstein side but are dimensionally correct, and built like a Sherman tank and that's what I require for a bike I want to ride. I got the '41-42 side trim from Jerry Greer and am delighted with the look and quality, but it was a M-F to get the trim mounts soldered on and in position. Still, I have nothing but praise for Greer Eng. I also made a wooden fixture to hold the tanks in relative position for body leading, and filing prior to filler, priming, and painting. . . It just never seems to end. I keep telling myself I love it

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[exeric]

Again, I just have to thank FLFD7 for the best Sport Scout pictures available, and the inspiration to keep slugging away.

[FLFD7]

Eric those tanks looking good man.

Before I mount my tanks and while it’s still convenient I had a look at the shifter assembly. I’m curious about this left hand shift lever, I don’t know if it’s factory or someone modified a Chief lever.

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The above picture oriented as if you were sitting on the bike, a Sport Scout right hand shifter on the right side and the left hand shifter that was on the bike. You can see how long the shaft through the frame is compared to the Scout shifter, long like a Chief. Another picture

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I don’t know if factory or not but there is another key way and notch for the lever screw.

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They don’t look quite factory quality, but they work.

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A test fit on the bike before I give the components a little rattle can fake cadmium paint job

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Everything cleaned up nice, was rusty dirty but some elbow grease and they look good.

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that’s it for now.

[FLFD7]

Put the back wheel on now it’s no longer a unicycle…

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Started messing with the chain guard. For some reason it was chromed, I don’t think it really goes with the paint job on the bike but that’s how he had it 50 years ago so it stays. A little cleaning and polishing and it’s kinda presentable.

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Before and after. Now for the mounting.