New Scott owner needs some info

[Hodge829@hotmail.com]

Hello everyone, I picked up my first Scott project last weekend. Very excited to get my hand dirty with it. Its a 1949, Does this make it a squirrel, flying squirrel?

It was parked up approx 25 years ago, rode into the shed, fluids drained ect and left. So apart from a good inspection of engine and gearbox components is there any other things to check over? I only want to start the engine for now, not ride it it.

So also would like advice on oil. I’ve read quite a lot of the literature on here, but want some real world advice on the 2 stroke oil. Is it suitable for the pump to supply the oil, or should I run a pre-mix? If so what’s the oil to use? And at what ratio? With how many drops of pumped oil?

Now to ignition timing, any hints?

Thanks in advance

Ian

 

[chris wastell]

Congratulations. Synthetic oil is definitely the way to go. If you ask 50 people which oil to use you willet about 60 opinions! Silkolene now do a sae 50 (I think) 2 stroke oil again which is perfect for Scotts but expensive. I use whatever synthetic 2t oil I come across and its worked for 23 years👍 Set your pump to give 4 or 5 spits between a good drip from each beak. Where are you based?

[martin@marmoy.com]

Hi Ian, I too am new to this world of Scott so the worst person to give advise and yet again on a similar path to you.

I found an older tech document by the venerable Mr Moss who said he thought synthetic 2 stroke oils were not good for the engine and espoused the use of monograde 40 grade mineral oils ( Castrol R)  If we consider how many years these engines ran in bog standard 40 or 50 grade engine oils then that must surely tell us something? I have taken this advice and run on 50 grade this summer and she runs just fine with hardly any smoke. Rogers advice was spit spit x 5 then a drip if running only pumped oil or spit spit x 7 then drip if running a little oil in the fuel as well. NEVER run with oil in the fuel only.

Martin

 

 

 
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