Manual

I stumbled upon an original 1963 Operator’s Manual for the Travelall on eBay before Christmas but passed on it because I thought the price was too high; eBay contacted me after New Year’s and told me the seller had dropped the price dramatically so I jumped on it. It stinks of cigarettes and old man but it’s in fantastic shape otherwise, and as a time capsule it’s a lot of fun.

In the meantime I went out to warm up the Scout and see if I could get the Travelall running as well. After some initial tests I filled the carb bowl and shot it with starting fluid, and it coughed to life briefly. I noticed that nothing was reaching the fuel filter above the fuel pump, so I threw some gas in the tank and tried it again. This time it ran choppily for about a minute before it starved out again, so I dumped the rest of my gas in the tank and tried one more time with the battery power I had left. Clearly the gas in the tank has evaporated out—I’ve only got the cap to a spray can covering the inlet tube—so I’ll go get some more gas and fill it up before I try it again.