Bookmarked for later, because I now own three Dana 20 transfer cases (one in each Scout and a spare on the floor): Dan Hayes goes over how to break down and rebuild a tranfer case. I got off my ass last week and contributed to his Patreon account—if you like Scouts and appreciate good work, I recommend throwing some cash his way.
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Metal Shaping With a Scout 800
I’ve seen Wray Schelin’s channel in passing before but I didn’t realize they’d done a series on metalwork featuring a Scout 800. The first three or four are pretty basic but they go into fabrication and TIG butt-welding later in the series, and I always like to watch and listen to pick up whatever new info I can.
Carburetor 101
I’m spending a lot of time going back and refreshing my carburetor knowledge, which means I’m reading a lot of articles and watching a bunch of videos. I’m going to do a link dump here so I can close a bunch of browser tabs.
- Holley has a good video on how to correctly set timing on a distributor, which is where I’m beginning with the Travelall.
- This Binder Planet thread goes over some trials and tribulations with setting timing on a SV engine; from what the people in the know say, 8-15 BTDC is where I want to be.
- Here’s a basic checklist for how to tune a carb from The Drive, which is a great place to start.
- Thunderhead289 is a YouTube channel where the host focuses primarily on how to run and tune carburetors properly. He’s a friend of another channel I follow and recently introduced a product called the Carb Cheater, which is a bolt-on digital monitor and tuner for standard carburetors. Were I to remove the Sniper and go back to the original carb in the long term, I’d definitely buy one of these to keep an eye on things.
Inspiration and Education
I’ve found a new ASMR mechanic fix-it YouTube channel that does away with a lot of the stuff that annoys me about most of the other channels out there. Like podcasts, the channels I follow are graded by the content, the presentation, and narration. The last one can be a make or break for me: if the narrator is annoying or has a terrible voice, I’m usually out. There’s a ton of content out there that fit into my areas of interest but which I can’t stand due to failures in the categories above.
Simon Fordman hosts a channel where all he does is fix cars. There’s no audio narration, which demands close attention because he puts it in the closed captioning—so if you want to follow along you’ve got to keep a close eye on things. Watching his latest video, he fixes a formerly abandoned AMC Javelin with starting, idling and brake issues, and just by watching I realized there are three things I need to investigate on Darth Haul: the choppy idle could be a fuel issue or it could be that the points are corroded. He does a simple test at idle to figure out which plugs aren’t firing, checks the gap on the points, and adjusts the timing at the distributor to smooth the engine out.
The car cover I’ve been using tends to trap moisture inside when it’s on the truck. I’ve noticed dampness in the engine bay immediately after removing it, and I’ll bet that’s had some effect on the electronics under the hood. So I’ve got a game plan for my next workday:
- Replace the fuel filter and see if that solves the delivery issue.
- Pull the plugs one by one to see which cylinders aren’t firing.
- Adjust the gap in the points to (hopefully) solve that issue. If not, try another compression test.
- Adjust the timing again to smooth out the idle.
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