Re: shop lights, idle settings, seats, vacuum advance REPOST

[jmbrodsky@domain.elided]

     Mark,

          I'd have to go with Fluoro's for the shop and the incandescent
for the drop light.  The Fluoros allow light to be scattered more effectively
thus lighting more with less bulb.  They eliminate shadows, and are usually long
enough to light better than an incandescent bulb.

     For the drop light I use the rough service 60W.  It can light up down a 
tiny crevice where the fluoro drop lights can't really 'shine' down a dark 
cavern if you drop a screw under the drtibutor head.

     Hope it helps,


     -Joel Brodsky

         '76 IHC Scout II 345/tf727
         '75 IHC Travelall 150 4wd 392/tf727
         '72 Chev Carryall 3dr 4wd 350/th350 sold, but not forgotten.

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Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 18:40:54 +0000
From: gehl@domain.elided
Subject: ShopLightPreferenceRequest

JoelB and everyone else too!
Which shop lights do you prefer ... incandescent or flourescent ... 
for ceiling hanging and for in-around-under vehicle?
Mark

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Bill,

     What is your advance set to?  It may be that the extra load makes the
vacuum die and hence it quits.  What is the idle RPM?  If it's any below about 
800 this will always happen.  Adjust the mixture (idle) and reset the timing, 
then the idle speed and it should clear up.


     -Joel Brodsky

         '76 IHC Scout II 345/tf727
         '75 IHC Travelall 150 4wd 392/tf727
         '72 Chev Carryall 3dr 4wd 350/th350 sold, but not forgotten.

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Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 08:33:39 -0500 (EST)
From: William M Wisser <wmw@domain.elided>
Subject: idle problem

Thanks for all the help on the carburetor.  However, I do not think that
the original reason I rebuilt the carburetor has been fixed.  Well, it was
leaking gas from the float bowl, so that is fixed, but once it warms up,
it does not idle in gear.

After the engine is completely warmed up and the choke is fully opened, it
idles smoothly in park or neutral.  It is set correctly, per the manual,
but as soon as I put it in gear it chugs and does not idle.  I have to
constantly pump the gas pedal at every stop on my way to work.  What could
cause this?  I really want to get back to driving my Scout everyday, but
this problem is really frustrating.

Thanks for everything, as always.


Bill Wisser

(by the way, it is a '75 Scout II 345/auto, 2bbl, auto choke)

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Scott,

     I think Mark Pepe has Ranger seats in his truck.  The biggie I've heard is
that the Ranger seats don't tilt forward so you cannot get in the back very 
easily.  Also they sit up very high, and Mark tells me he can't see out the 
front very well.  I can't imagine if the visor was down!  I saw this past
weekend a set of Hyundai seats in a scout.  The owner had to cut the Scout seat 
base off so that there is no longer a 'cubby hole' in the back.  Now it's just a
sealed box.  I imagine that any seat would work, just how much bracket drilling 
is involved.

Good luck,


     -Joel Brodsky

         '76 IHC Scout II 345/tf727
         '75 IHC Travelall 150 4wd 392/tf727
         '72 Chev Carryall 3dr 4wd 350/th350 sold, but not forgotten.

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Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 06:30:11 -0800
From: Scott Machalk <smachalk@domain.elided>
Subject: Ranger Seats

This is the 5th time I've sent this message. Hopefully it will get through
one of these days.

A while back there were some postings regarding Foord anger seats bolting
right into a Scout. Does anyone have more info on this. Like will all
Ranger seats fit in all Scouts etc.

Thanks 
Scott Machalk 
1979 Scout II 345 727 

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Rob,

     Bad vacuum advance can.  These should hold vacuum when applied.  The good
thing is that they are not really important.  All it does is fix the 250ms 
stumble when you trounce the throttle.  If that doesn't bother you, then you're 
fine.  The thing is that since you have a vacuum leak, your engine will run 
differently if you plug that line.  My recommendation is to pull and plug that 
vacuum line, run without the vacuum (till you can find a good can in a yard) and
then adjust the mixture and idle screws, then set the idle speed,and you're 
good.


     -Joel Brodsky

         '76 IHC Scout II 345/tf727
         '75 IHC Travelall 150 4wd 392/tf727
         '72 Chev Carryall 3dr 4wd 350/th350 sold, but not forgotten.

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Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 10:09:14 -0700
From: rhughes@domain.elided
Subject: timing advance

Hey Harvesters,

I'm finally back online and caught up with my digests, and I'm jonesing to
talk IH.  Be prepared for an all-Rob digest.
<snip>

2) I checked the mechanical advance, which seems to be working (it
advances, anyway).  When I applied vacuum to the distributor diaphragm with
my pump, the mark would advance, but the diaphragm wouldn't hold the
vacuum.  It would not-so-slowly drop back to zero.  Is that right?

Any other thoughts would be appreciated.  I think this stuff is really
interesting.

Rob Hughes
'75 SII, 345, 727

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