"Beater" the expedition Scout

[Desert Scout]

Doing little tweaks but I think I'm done till after IHWR.

[Big Ed]

I'll have to make a point to check it out.

[Desert Scout]

I'll have to make a point to check it out.

HAHA..its named Beater for a reason........lol

[Big Ed]

I don't discriminate, I can appreciate what you've done to it.

[Desert Scout]

First test was a success! A short buzz 125 miles out, to I.H.W.R. with Beater loaded for camping. Well...glamping, since it was in a campground with full services. 60 mph seems to be the "happy" speed and I averaged 19 mpg on the highway...not bad. There are a few more things I need to add to the truck to be able to dry camp but were gettin REAL close. We really need a bigger tent, the being bent over in it sucks, I want one that I can stand in. Had a blast.

[Desert Scout]

Started back at him again and I was getting exhaust in the cab again, so a check proved to be a loose exhaust...again. Yesterday I extended the exhaust to the rear, and added more hangers to take the stress off of the manifold connection. Flange gasket was toast and of coarse it wasn't in stock and had to be ordered. Got that replaced to today and did a short "seating in" run and re torqued it and did another heat cycle. I had no exhaust in the cab on either run so hopefully it's fixed for the last time, but then it is an IH. It's 103* right now and I'll wait till the sun goes down to go fill the tank.

Next is the enclosing and weather proofing of the storage pockets that used to be the saddle tank areas.

[Desert Scout]

Left for the shop last week and right after I got on the highway he died, just like the key was shut off. When I got to the shoulder it was idling and then just died, restarted and died again.

Had time today to finally get into it, turned out to be no spark. The Delco dizzy has a pertronix ignition and I figured it died. I pulled the dizzy from Wilma and popped it in Beater...nothin. Changed the coil and bam, running like a champ. I set the timing and left the Holley points dizzy in Beater and will pickup a performance coil for Wilma and use the Delco in her.

[Desert Scout]

As luck would have it I blew out the fiber style exhaust donut. Found that I had put alot of strain in the system. Added another hanger and let the system "hang" where it will, then tightened everything up. It's not good for any hard trail running cause it going downhill and the muffler drops below the frame. Other than that I think it's good......haha, we'll see! I really don't want to replace it, although a good muffler shop can do wonders.

[Desert Scout]

It was a good day and a bad one..............

The good;
After redoing the exhaust I found the Weber needed a total rebuild and I just happen to have one freshly rebuilt on Wilma.

The bad;
There's a problem in the idle circuit on it, but it runs decently enough that I can drive it.

The good;
Other than the idle burble it runs awesome, clean smooth power throughout the whole RPM range.

I'm waiting of complete rebuild kits now and will go through my Weber stash for a better body with less corrosion in it.

[Desert Scout]

Took the other 32/36's apart today and took the best main body I had and did a complete cleaning and between the 2 I have a rebuilt and functioning Carb. First test drive was good with a stop after full warm up to readjust idle and mixture. Power is smooth and crisp...I guess I've needed to rebuild the carb for a LONG TIME, its a completely different animal now, it accelerates almost fast.