[Ian Parsons]

Some Scott gearboxes have a higher 2nd gear. The Medium/Close has much better set of ratios than the Wide. The Vintage Close has a very high 1st and is like a close ratio 4 speed box without bottom!

[Ian Parsons]

I use a brass petrol tap with conical seating on my Edwardian Vauxhall. The fuel system is pressurised at 1/2 psi. This tap will leak petrol but if one taps the head of the tap the leak stops. This drives the tapers together but you then need to tap the underside of the tap to turn the tap off. Greases or lubricants do not provide a lasting seal. The replica taps on my Velocette Venom do not leak but are not Vintage in appearance. The Enots “Hexagon on”  petrol tap on my two speeder is leak free so I would advise using these. I think the design of some taps means that leaks are inevitable.

[Ian Parsons]

I have contacted the owner who sent me photos. It is actually a 1931 SDT Flying Squirrel fitted with an earlier engine. Unknown to the Register but a very worthwhile project.

[Ian Parsons]

Ian Young was once a VMCC president and commentated at the start of the Banbury Run for many years. A Scott enthusiast in spite of some set backs!

[Ian Parsons]

I have used Silkolene Oils for many years. First Super Two 40 and now Comp 2. I personally have found that little end lubrication is poor on Scotts, phosphor bronze bushes help, and these do wear more than on other engines even when the engine shows no signs of nipping up or suffering distressed big ends.  If only we could have a needle roller little end.

[Ian Parsons]

I think Andrew Marfell can shed some light on Ted Murphy in the post war years and his dealings with Matt Holder.

[Ian Parsons]

The Frame No should be on the N/S of the headstock just below the sidecar mounting bracket. I have it as 4725.

[Ian Parsons]

All sorted. It is a November 1935 Flying Squirrel with a re-stamped crankcase.

 

[Ian Parsons]

I find that if I leave my Scott unused for more than a couple of weeks then the oil that drains down into the crankcase will cause quite a smoke screen on first starting. Once that has cleared then the bike does run fairly smoke free assuming that I have adjusted the Pilgrim pump correctly. It does highlight the importance of only adjust the oil flow after riding a mile or so. However I do seem to over oil as the alternative could be expensive!

[Ian Parsons]

I have used Silkolene Comp 2 for quite a few years for my 2 Speeder Engine and happily use it for the 2 Speed Gear. Being fully synthetic it lubricates the 2 speed drums really well. I tend to pump the plunger quite hard every 30 miles to force the oil to the far side of the gear. I have a 40T low gear sprocket and have followed a slow car up the last part of Sunrising Hill on the Banbury Run slipping low gear without it grabbing. I could not do this with a non synthetic oil.

[Ian Parsons]

I have no trace of SF6495

SC2433 and JJ 8044 exist. FS 4208 is a Sprint Special replica now registered 962 LGU

[Ian Parsons]

Hello Peter, I have your 1934 Scott on the Register.I believe it has got plunger rear suspension . This would have been added at a later date. There is a note that it used to belong to Chris Williams and was his vintage racing machine and competed at Mallory Park in 1975 and 1978.

[Ian Parsons]

Where does the chain foul the crankcase? There is a 0.030″ difference in widths so that implies 0.015″ on one side is enough to rub against the crankcase main bearing housing. Would it be possible to machine the flywheel so the drive sprockets are 0.015″ closer to the centre line of the flywheel? This might need  some material taking off the side rim of the flywheel. The split link might need to be fitted facing the flywheel.

[Ian Parsons]

Interesting to see that it has lightweight Webb Forks rather than the usual Scott Forks.

[Ian Parsons]

The Scott Sales Ledgers are in the VMCC library. The records are in engine number order so if your Scott has a different engine to that originally fitted it can be a bit of a task finding one’s frame number and hence the record for a particular Scott. From the Scott Machine Register I can make a reasonable guess to the probable range the original engine number was which helps the library staff.

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