Almost 39 years ago.

east said:
cool build.....keep up the awesome work. I am currently building one...just got the chassis back from powdercoat, check it out I posted some pics. I look forward to the progression!

Have a good day!
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I have saw your frame. It looked like it spent its life in the south west. I couldn't see any evidence of rust. Looks good. I thought about the powder coat, but thought that I would save a little money there. I could sandblast the frame and paint it and all I would have in it is the $65.00 for the gallon of paint. So it was pretty simple choice.
 
michael mayben said:
I've been overlooking your progress man!

You have really gotten into this one.

Great score on the rotisserie, I'm gonna use two of the cheepo harbor freight engine stands to fab one for my next frame resto.

Still no word from radiatordude, my next visit with him will be this coming Friday.

You should feel privileged, the power cord wiring harness is a definite improvement over the oem stuff, but then...most of 'em have been "fixed" by now using zipcord!

I've seen alotta workarounds, but a dam reamer stuck in the hole where the hot air tube fitting for a choke goes??? That is a new one!

Those rigs never had hot air choke carbs, though some fords which used the 1904 mixer did have a version of a hot air "automatic" choke. That tells me the exhaust manifold came off a passenger side of an sv application prior to a '73 model sumthin'...no big deal, they all interchange and I see that all the time. But...no need to plug that hole at all unless someone drilled it through, it's a blind hole originally!

As for fabbing in a rear crossmember to the frame horns for a hitch connection/mount point, again that is fairly common. The front bumper on my s80 is done that way and is a real solid mount point for a tow bar so it stays in place but will be cleaned up considerably.

I've got the same kinda "lift" rig mounted in my shop ceiling with a winch attached to the wall. I use it for r&r of the camper shell (and storage) on one side, then move the cable to a turning block on the other side and use it to lift/store my cataraft to the ceiling during the off season on the river. The camper shell will soon be history, then the travel top for the s80 will come inside and hang in it's place onna as-need basis.
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Thanks man, I have been staying focus on this project. One of the things that is helping me is my Dad. Although he said it was ok to work in his garage I know he really dosen't like having my project tying up his work space. So I have been going up there every weekend.

I am planning to attend the dixie regional in concord this weekend. So I doubt that I will get anything done.
 
Well I got the oil pump drive tool and did the oil test. At first didn't see any oil on the rockers. Then we did the rotate the engine backwards 10 times and still didn't see it. But when we did the slowly turn the crank over while driving the oil pump we struck oil! This is the maryland engine. Also cleaned the fuel bowl on the pump. Man was that filter dirty, reminded me of something you see when you leave oil outside and it rains in it.

Also removed the windsheild out of the frame and did the soda blasting on it. I was impressed, it did great on the paint but didn't touch the rust. I guess I will need to look for some walnut shells for the rust. Also Dad blasted the axles and painted them this week. The only problem is that I forgot to grab the camera before I left.
 
josh shoemaker said:
well I got the oil pump drive tool and did the oil test. At first didn't see any oil on the rockers. Then we did the rotate the engine backwards 10 times and still didn't see it. But when we did the slowly turn the crank over while driving the oil pump we struck oil! This is the maryland engine. Also cleaned the fuel bowl on the pump. Man was that filter dirty, reminded me of something you see when you leave oil outside and it rains in it.

Also removed the windsheild out of the frame and did the soda blasting on it. I was impressed, it did great on the paint but didn't touch the rust. I guess I will need to look for some walnut shells for the rust. Also Dad blasted the axles and painted them this week. The only problem is that I forgot to grab the camera before I left.
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Excellent josh! It just takes alotta patience to find the sweet spot on the camshaft/block/head oil port alignment! It's only "exposed" for less than 5* of camshaft rotation,...twice with every single revolution of the camshaft (not the crankshaft).

But ya still need to disassemble and clean the rocker assembly internally by popping at least one of the core plugs out.

Since it May be awhile now before ya actually try and fire that motor off, I'd do the pre-oil process again just before attempting the first start! The "ten turns backward rotation" is to help spread an oil film/wedge between all bearing journals and bearings shells, not just to test the rocker system oil delivery.
 
Here are some of the pictures now that I got my camera.

The window frame.

It really dosen't look like its ever been painted.

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The original grinder marks left from grinding the welds down.

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Some of the rust that is on the frame.

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I saw this and I am assuming that the this used to be a spring at one time. I first thought that it was threads, but it wouldn't make any sense to put threads in it. Were the latches spring loaded?

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And the vaccum wipers, I have a video of them loading on u tube right now of trying to get them to operate. I just took the back off to see how they operated.

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Just to give an update.

I have not work on the Scout since this spring. The weather here has been so hot and humid that I have not had any desire to work on it. Also I have not had any time due to being in the air conditioning trade.

As I have stated in the past the Scout is at my Dad's house because I have now where to work on it. But that has changed now. I have been looking for land to purchase for about 7 years; but was never able to locate any in my price range until now.

I have just purchased 40 acres!!! 28 acres in pasture and 12 acres in hardwoods. Now I am on the road to start building a shop. I closed on the land Friday. I can't wait, this has been a long search and now it is finally over.


Pics!!!!

A overhead shot from google earth

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Terrain around

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Hardwoods. It is hard to find in georgia, mostly planted pines

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Looking back to the road

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The pasture in the back

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It also has about a 1 acre pond on it also

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The pasture up front again

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More of the pasture up front

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A nice oak tree.

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I had a guy come look at cutting the grass for hay, he estimated that there was around 3k to 5k worth. So thats great!!

This grass is about 5 foot tall.
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And the front looking back

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Congratulations on closing the deal!

That's nothing short of awesome! I'm real happy for ya, my only significant goal in life as a private citizen is to eventually own private property so I can exercise my right to privacy. Looks like you beat me to it, then again you're only up on me by a dozen or so years! I like the looong driveway out to the residence, as well as the dam'd pond and the crik bottom. Also appears to be a decent stand of timber with a few older roots sunk.

It's always nice to see another bit of land not gobbled up by Rich farms & development, which is basically the mode of operation around me. Most of the stands of woods in Missouri's floodplain are also "factory" pines meant to somehow replace all the disappear'd liveoak and cypress. Keep us updated with pics as you improve the jawjuh real estate / plant a workshop, I don't give it long after completion till it gets filled.

Here's to having a place!
 
Josh I've been checking out your build, but am going to wait until I am off of this gov. Computer to get in to it as all of the pictures are blocked. You have encouraged me to start a build thread for my 64 while I am stuck in the desert here on deployment. If I can't wrench on it I might as well brag on it!
 
I agree, the IH bolts are the coolest thing ever! I have gone to painstaking ends to keep all of mine.
 
I've got some time today. I brought all of my pictures to afghanistan on a hard drive. I'm just trying to figure out if I want to post a little at a time or throw the whole thing up at once.
 
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