So I decided a while back to buy a Scott motor. It was $25 and the guy said it worked two years ago. I thought what the hell, I'll take a flyer on it.
As it turns out it's a 1957 Scott 10HP.
Anyway, that was in the winter. FIL and I are just getting around to it now.
We cleaned it all up, it was pretty grimy. And put in new spark plugs. A friend got it going with a drill. Since then we've been able to get it going with one pull. This thing is incredible.
Here's the issue. It's as smokey as a 1970s donut shop.
The manual says to use a 16:1 gas to oil ratio (which we did). I read that that is based on 1957 oil and that you can use a higher gas content ratio with today's oil.
So how high can I make the ratio? 25:1? Please watch the video, do you think the issue is as simple as too much oil?
Would a gunked up carburetor cause this? We haven't looked at it yet.
Anyway, any suggestions are welcome.
As you can see by the water it spewed out a whole bunch of crap the first time it started up.
How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?
As it turns out it's a 1957 Scott 10HP.
Anyway, that was in the winter. FIL and I are just getting around to it now.
We cleaned it all up, it was pretty grimy. And put in new spark plugs. A friend got it going with a drill. Since then we've been able to get it going with one pull. This thing is incredible.
Here's the issue. It's as smokey as a 1970s donut shop.
The manual says to use a 16:1 gas to oil ratio (which we did). I read that that is based on 1957 oil and that you can use a higher gas content ratio with today's oil.
So how high can I make the ratio? 25:1? Please watch the video, do you think the issue is as simple as too much oil?
Would a gunked up carburetor cause this? We haven't looked at it yet.
Anyway, any suggestions are welcome.
As you can see by the water it spewed out a whole bunch of crap the first time it started up.
How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?