Category: Test Drive
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Tom Petty once sang about it: Breakdown
Houston we have a problem. My Scout II has a Holly Sniper 2 EFI, and the monitor is showing a high air-fuel ratio. I’m wondering what some possible causes could be. It idles and runs fine, but when I hit the gas, the engine shuts down as the AFR climbs. Of course, I went straight to Grok. Possible Read more
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Sidequest: Back to Chatt Town
I have had the Scout back for 2 weeks or so, and it has been a lot of fun! I have also noticed a few things that need to be finished/fixed. I talked to Tony and he told me to schedule up and bring it in and he would get on it. This guy is Read more
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Sidequest: How to Fix Serpentine Belt Noise
I woke up this morning, hopped in the Scout, and headed to the Waffle House to get my day going. On the way down the mountain, I noticed that there was a “chirp” coming from the engine compartment. It was a new noise, and if you have a Scout II. A new noise is not Read more
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First Show! – Harvesters in the Hollar
This past weekend, I was able to get my Scout over to Crossville, TN, for the annual Harvesters in the Hollar, about 140 Miles round trip. I know that doesn’t sound like a lot, but I had only put 200 miles total on the new speedometer/odometer. My destination was up the hill a little, so Read more
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1st gear? No problem! The other two. We have a poblem. Four slight challenges….
Okay, I was expecting that some crap was going to happen. I was actually just researching the dust cover that was missing when I bought this thing. I was thinking, man I should probably replace that thing. I am not sure if this missing dust cover has anything to do with next things to get Read more
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They Gray One
I woke up today and went to go see 1974 International Scout ll Original 345 v8 4×4 Borg Warner T18 4-speed manual transmission. Front power disc brakes, power steering, Dana 44 Rear and Dana 60 front axle, Redhead power steering gearbox, Holley Sniper EFI fuel Injection, 33×10.50 BF Goodrich All-terrain Tires 90% tread on 15″ Read more
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UPDATE: Project (Secure Hard Top)
So, I got the hard top on the Scout II. It came with a little pain, but I guess so do everything in life…..I had my 13-year-old helping me, which was a 1.5-man crew working on a 2-man project. We took it slow and steady and got it up on top. I did get my Read more
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The top is off…
I have owned this thing for a week now and decided to take the top off! To my surprise, the Soft Topper is pretty easy to take down and put back up. I am glad because I will probably want to remove the hard top and put it back on once everything is in order. Read more