@@flydaddy55 I wasn't either, very rich ratio too! whole quart of oil to 5 gallons lol

@@fabianbird4584 haha my buddy and I were just talking about dropping a triple into it 🤣 plenty of room for a turbo too. there is lots of heavy gauge steel in the hull so I can easily fabricate it to fit.

@@josephrodwell6643 1979, thank you! it's a blast

@@josephrodwell6643 1979, thank you! it's a blast

Thanks! I tore the recoil side down the the main bearing in the case clearing out mice and nests. Sandblasted and painted everything and reassembled. it's looking good I'll post another video of it right now

@@AveryHastings1 I have always wanted to own an old sled something that I could tinker on. Where are you in Maine?

@@jefflary5457 I'm located in Central NH actually, I would tell you to go for it! they are pretty inexpensive turn key and go and are very simple to work on

@@AveryHastings1 yep just need to find one someday good luck with yours I have 2 Wheel Horse Garden tractors / lawn mowers

@@jefflary5457 If you'd like to buy this one off me let me know! be pretty neat next to your tractors!

@@innovativecaveman the hot engine melted all of the snow blowing in through the vents. When I shut it down to wait an hour it was enough time to likely soak the points, or dry and corrode. A few days after that happened I had switched wires, swapped plugs, check the kill switch and gone through the external electrical etc to see if i could find it. Fast forward 4 years to this video we again started outside the motor and went through everything before taking it apart to access the points (internal) after filing them and reassembly the wires were forgotten swapped on the coil packs ( reversing the timing) so the cylinders were not firing on the correct stroke and we were getting backfiring from left over fumes. After swapping the wires it fired right up. the initial cause was dirty points, the secondary cause was forgetting the retrace our diagnostic steps and putting things back where we found them

@@John8910 Thank you!

@@kevinbushey1879 .... id own every 2025 model... and new every year, but I'm not stupiéd with my play money. I enjoy the old machines with the mild winters we have while I build an empire

You’re missing the air tube/toolbox for fresh air into the fan. I have a 77 and 79 sting sitting in my barn. Raced them for years. I’m sure it was my brother on FB scorpion page that helped you lol. He bought out every scorpion dealer he could find. Has tons of sleds and parts. I’m pulling my 77 out soon. You have a nice straight and clean sled there. Oh easy on the primer lol it didn’t need it either time. 😁

@1953fords I do have them they are on the table behind the camera man, I primed it cause the fuel is pissing out of the gas lines in 4 different spots so 2 primes is really only 1 and some air lol I've probably spoken to your brother before I think I bought a rear shock off him

@ ok sounds good. Very fun sleds and quick for what they are. Scorpion was ahead of their time I feel. I still have 3 and gave my brother 6 or 7 others. Just had no room lol. Enjoy. I’m not on FB but I think he is scorpion farm?

@@bettybobzimmerman7450 I'd like to collect a few of the other models of scorpion in 79, had a whip 340 and a sting 400 pop up on marketplace locally,

@@MartinGray-u5k I was told it was one of the fastest production sleds of that year, I took the fellas word for it as he seems well rounded with machines at the vintage show we were in. We also have a Wheel Horse snowmobile... and that's the total opposite haha it's a tank!!

@@MartinGray-u5k I bet your uncles had skidoo Blizzard's, those were fast machines! and high on my wish list

@AveryHastings1 they were before the blizzard series, I believe they were Olympias and I think they were 340s

Ah I see you said 1969, I was off a decade lol. those 60s machines are narrow so that 70mph was probably terrifying haha

@AveryHastings1 that's exactly what both of them said! We were young and stupid. Lucky to be alive doing that shit

@@danielpomeroy That's pretty cool! i can not justify buying a new sled with these prices they are, so I'll stick with these gems!

@AveryHastings1 absolutely I traded it in for a new Yammy 340 enticer.when prices for new sleds were reasonable.

@danielpomeroy those are sweet sleds. My buddy has Yamaha exciter 440 that unfortunately a seal went and it blew the motor. Those machine prices tripled with "Larry enticer" lol

@@MartinGray-u5k it hauls ass for a older machine, I enjoy it!

@@connorl619 if you want to do some garage nights and look into it bring it over!

@@nhhbbyloggr5022 i'd take a foot of snow and be happy, then I can still ride the dirtbikes haha

@@Walt_iz hopefully getting to the sxs soon! working down the list

@@alanshaw4655 good to know thanks! The air chuck has a trigger so we could have zip tied it to get it to feed air while he did that.

@@AveryHastings1 easier if you take the air chuck lever gauge off the line, use a lock on valve chuck that allows air to fill at all times.

@@alanshaw4655 I would have if I had one, that's the only lock on one he brought and all of mine are the old school double ended push to fill ones. It's a fabrication shop not an auto shop so you'll see more "use whatcha got, in the little time that we have" lol

@@Bob-vc6ug Good to know thank you, that will definitely do the trick.

@@eclipser2004 Yes it is! it's a fun machine now that we got it running right

@@pawsnazzy01 So the is my fabrication shop and I needed to get my skidsteer to the back wall and the tractor was in my way. I didn't dare move it as it was Incase the rim completely failed, dropping the frame to the concrete making a bigger project. I am planning to take this tractor apart over the winter and strip it to powdercoat it piece by piece. the less grease on it the better. Just put alittle on the shaft so it slid through nicely

@@wariat5924 I will get some footage soon! planning to pack it down for snow racing too 😁

@@nhhbbyloggr5022 I fear my shop will permanently smell like old gas now 🙄 gives you a headache after awhile lol

@@Murdermax14 yes the floor is polished a bit, it does still pick up on a rough broomed finish like on my door aprons. however I bet that would wear the bristles down faster. should work good on a regular concrete floor though

@AveryHastings1 thanks for the quick response, I get so tired of blowing my shop out, it just basically spreads the dust around and then settles again. I eventually would like to grind my floors down but I built over a 30x40 concrete pad that was originally meant for outside so we got it brushed. Polished floors are so much nicer to your knees when working on anything lol

@@Murdermax14 Yeah I hear you there, do you use a leaf blower? I picked up some shop fans from HF for the meantime to blow dusty air out but need to install a ventilation fan in the gable end. I feel that grinding a brushed floor would be fairly quick.. you just knocking down the small ^ shape lines even its not all the way

@AveryHastings1 yea I have a battery powered milwaukee leaf blower, that's what I usually do is open all 3 bay doors and I turn on 4 shop fans... best I have right now lol

I wouldn't want a robot, would probably suck something up it wasn't supposed to and also would probably fill up in the first pass and then need me to empty it... so I might as well do it myself with this

I feel like the guide wheels would be more effective on the sides of the unit behind the brushes so it sweeps the floor clean in front of them instead of in the middle where it's brushing the materials

@AveryHastings1 I used those sweepers or whatever you want to call them at a precest concrete plant. So there was always rocks just the right size to stop you dead in your tracks. And of course it always happened when you had a good rhythm going. I'm sure there's a better spot for the caster but I never found it so off it went. Either way they're a great tool and sure beat a shop broom. The electric one we had lasted a day before we ditched it cause it kicked up so much more dust. But this was awhile ago. Hopefully things have improved since then.

to keep the dust down I assume? I would rather not get the bristle wet when they do it builds up heavily on the little flaps on the bin. at least when I nick'd a damp area and little puddle that's what it did

Doesn't work well on wet floors. It just cakes up.

I'll definitely do that, I pam my sawmill tracks that does the same nothing sticks really for a while. I've been typing the bin up like you do. all in all the price was right!

I've been replying a lot but stick with dry lube. Wet grease holds sand and whatnot and eventually acts as an abrasive. Plus, it's a bigger pain to clean.

Oh I know! It's a drawback as much as it's a benefit lol I was thinking of mounting a hand vacuum on the handle to the dust pan cause it does kick up the fine silt a bit when I'm walking faster on the final sweep.

@AveryHastings1 I guess they do make a few with batteries. they're Big $$$, even the Ryobi is $500. . . A small vacuum on the collection portion to keep dust down would be sweet too. Basically a mini street sweeper. Make it take DeWalt or Milwaukee batteries. . .

Maybe drill a hole in the collection bin and put a female vacuum attachment, then you can hang the DeWalt battery vacuum off the handle and have it connected.

That's exactly what I had in mind, someone offered to give me another sweeper they found in a storage unit, so I'll use that one to modify

@@AveryHastings1 post video with the upgrade

just have to swerve the little wheel around the big stuff and it picks it all up!

Cash talks lol I'll have to run out that day and replace it though so he doesn't find out

yes sir but we tried it all at the time lol, in case the fuel pump had a electric shut off valve in it or was still pumping we unhooked all electrical. Did shut the fuel off in the back by the tank, I rewatched the video and I see I'm repeating details lol

It was quite impressive though, there was a couple pin hole rot holes in the bottom of the air intake filter housing, so when I cut off air supply it was able to keep running pulling through those 2 or three tiny holes. we had to hurry and rip intake manifold apart and choke it out there to finally get it to shut off. I did get a call from the new owner a few weeks later he couldn't get it to shut off... he was sideways on a hill and it was running off oil again because the oil level was high enough on that one side. he pulled it down flat and it shut right off

We all know gun safety, and to clarify he did not get in front of anyone shooting. The cannon was discharged and pointed to the sky... that's like telling by the bystanders behind me to not stand in front of me... when I turn around afterwards and put them in front of me lol. Safety of firearms and what not to do was explained by the parents, both ex- military.

@@AveryHastings1 sure thing.

we will have to try that! these were over 3 year old ciders the sort of felt like they was less in it. A few of them landed softly and we got several shots out of them

Haha maybe if they brought it in pieces! I think it will be just right for me but everyone says "you'll always wish you'd built it bigger" This started out at 36x40 then 40x50 and I settled with 50x60

thank you, yeah close to 30 hours lol I purchased the file, just resized it to what I wanted.

Merry Christmas! oh ya!

I'm very pleased with them! Cheap enough to have extras on a shelf

Very busy! Hardly slept a wink the night before I was so stressed but it came out great!

@@AveryHastings1 Making the dream come true. Great feeling. Are you going to start building soon ?

@@nhhbbyloggr5022 Yes Doing anchor bolts and epoxy on Sunday, and standing the back wall first so I can hook up radiant while waiting for the floor to cure another week. Then I should have a telehandler here to set the rest of the steel

@@AveryHastings1 Excellent ! I'll have to swing up some time and see what you've done. Happy for you !!

@@nhhbbyloggr5022 absolutely anytime shoot me a call if you're venturing out this way. I'll get more videos up of the progress hopefully in a more timely fashion lol