From:Shawn e-mail:Shawn-A-precisiontelecom.com
Subject:RE: RE: Grandmother's old 62' Scat, low miles..need tech help.. Date:Sat Nov 22 01:34:37 2014
Response to:20014


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Here are some pictures; 1. When i pulled it out of the barn;2. My (then) 2
year old daughter helping me :) (now shes in College); 3. Disassembly and
cleaning; 4. Back together and my father in law in the saddle; 5. Odometer
with only 746 on the clock...

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Hello all, i just found his site so im excited that there is a group of
people commited to preserving these old singles. I have a 1962 scat that
blonged to my wifes grandmother. The story was she used to "put around"
on the farm on it here in Caliornia. It only has 745 miles on the odemeter
and is pretty much completley original. When she got older she stopped
using it and it sat for many years in the barn/ shop behind a bunch of stuff.
Although indoors, it was near a window and the sun faded out one side of
the gas tank form years of sunlight. The paint and decal is still in tact, but
not nearly as nice as the other side. After her grandmother passed in 1976,
my father in law kept it, but it still sat in the same spot. In 1998 i convinced
hom to let me pull it out and get it cleaned up and tey to get it running
again. After a couple weeks of tinkering, i was able to get it clos to its
former glory. I did not replace or repaint anything, i only disassembled,
cleaned, and reassembed it. I did change the seat to a NOS one that i
found with the bike, since the original one was toast. It still had its original
tires (continental); i actually rode the bike about a mile. It ran hot and would
not idle down. After further investigation, it appeared that the gasket
between the head has became brittle and was sucking air. I had spoken to
a guy back eat about reapairing the engine for me or at least selling me the
part, but i never persued it. So after a freshening up, some photos
(including one with my father in law sitting on it), it went back to his house.
It eventually ended up back in the shop where it started. And now, 16 years
later, it sits, dusty and neglected again. This morning i had breakfast with.
My father in law and we talked about my 1955 bmw 250 single i just found
and it inspired him to again get the old hummer going. So i will be picking it
up again and taking it ot my shop to get it running again. Hopefully to never
again sit in the dusty barn.
With that said, i am looking for advice and help with locating the parts and
gasket i need. Any help or advice much appreciated.
I will try to post some pics of the bike when i dig them up out of the photo
album. (Back from when pictures were still on paper, lol)
--Shawn Farmer, Galt, CA