diff --git a/cdm/core/src/main/java/ucar/nc2/dataset/CoordinateAxis1DTime.java b/cdm/core/src/main/java/ucar/nc2/dataset/CoordinateAxis1DTime.java
index 233d9b6b86..b723fdd592 100644
--- a/cdm/core/src/main/java/ucar/nc2/dataset/CoordinateAxis1DTime.java
+++ b/cdm/core/src/main/java/ucar/nc2/dataset/CoordinateAxis1DTime.java
@@ -212,11 +212,6 @@ protected void readValues() {
     }
     // make sure parent methods do not try to read from the orgVar again
     this.wasRead = true;
-    if (orgVar instanceof CoordinateAxis1D) {
-      CoordinateAxis1D orgAxis = (CoordinateAxis1D) orgVar;
-      this.wasRead = orgAxis.wasRead;
-      this.coords = orgAxis.coords;
-    }
   }
 
   ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/cdm/core/src/main/java/ucar/nc2/dataset/VariableDS.java b/cdm/core/src/main/java/ucar/nc2/dataset/VariableDS.java
index 88c659bd98..b552f2f63d 100644
--- a/cdm/core/src/main/java/ucar/nc2/dataset/VariableDS.java
+++ b/cdm/core/src/main/java/ucar/nc2/dataset/VariableDS.java
@@ -841,6 +841,7 @@ protected VariableDS(Builder<?> builder, Group parentGroup) {
 
     this.orgFileTypeId = builder.orgFileTypeId;
     this.enhanceProxy = new EnhancementsImpl(this, builder.units, builder.getDescription());
+    this.scaleOffset = builder.scaleOffset;
 
     createEnhancements();
 
@@ -859,7 +860,9 @@ private void createEnhancements() {
       this.dataType = unsignedConversion != null ? unsignedConversion.getOutType() : dataType;
     }
     if (this.enhanceMode.contains(Enhance.ApplyScaleOffset) && (dataType.isNumeric() || dataType == DataType.CHAR)) {
-      this.scaleOffset = ScaleOffset.createFromVariable(this);
+      if (this.scaleOffset == null) {
+        this.scaleOffset = ScaleOffset.createFromVariable(this);
+      }
       this.dataType = scaleOffset != null ? scaleOffset.getScaledOffsetType() : this.dataType;
     }
     Attribute standardizerAtt = findAttribute(CDM.STANDARDIZE);
@@ -903,6 +906,7 @@ protected Builder<?> addLocalFieldsToBuilder(Builder<? extends Builder<?>> build
     builder.setOriginalVariable(this.orgVar).setOriginalDataType(this.orgDataType).setOriginalName(this.orgName)
         .setOriginalFileTypeId(this.orgFileTypeId).setEnhanceMode(this.enhanceMode).setUnits(this.enhanceProxy.units)
         .setDesc(this.enhanceProxy.desc);
+    builder.scaleOffset = this.scaleOffset;
     if (this.coordSysNames != null) {
       this.coordSysNames.stream().forEach(s -> builder.addCoordinateSystemName(s));
     }
@@ -948,6 +952,8 @@ public static abstract class Builder<T extends Builder<T>> extends Variable.Buil
     private boolean fillValueIsMissing = NetcdfDataset.fillValueIsMissing;
     private boolean missingDataIsMissing = NetcdfDataset.missingDataIsMissing;
 
+    private ScaleOffset scaleOffset;
+
     private boolean built;
 
     protected abstract T self();
@@ -1044,6 +1050,7 @@ public T copyFrom(VariableDS.Builder<?> builder) {
       setFillValueIsMissing(builder.fillValueIsMissing);
       setInvalidDataIsMissing(builder.invalidDataIsMissing);
       setMissingDataIsMissing(builder.missingDataIsMissing);
+      this.scaleOffset = builder.scaleOffset;
       this.orgVar = builder.orgVar;
       this.orgDataType = builder.orgDataType;
       this.orgFileTypeId = builder.orgFileTypeId;
diff --git a/cdm/core/src/test/java/ucar/nc2/dataset/TestScaleOffsetMissingUnsigned.java b/cdm/core/src/test/java/ucar/nc2/dataset/TestScaleOffsetMissingUnsigned.java
index cb2faddb43..4e791a0972 100644
--- a/cdm/core/src/test/java/ucar/nc2/dataset/TestScaleOffsetMissingUnsigned.java
+++ b/cdm/core/src/test/java/ucar/nc2/dataset/TestScaleOffsetMissingUnsigned.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import static java.lang.Float.NaN;
 
 import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
@@ -85,7 +86,6 @@ public void testWrite() throws Exception {
 
     Array readEnhanced;
 
-    // read the packed form, enhance using scale/offset, compare to original
     try (NetcdfDataset ncd = NetcdfDatasets.openDataset(filename)) {
       VariableDS vs = (VariableDS) ncd.findVariable("packed");
       vs.removeEnhancement(Enhance.ConvertMissing);
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ private void doSubset(String filename) throws IOException, InvalidRangeException
     }
   }
 
-
   // Asserts that "scale_factor" is applied to "_FillValue".
   // This test demonstrated the bug in https://github.com/Unidata/thredds/issues/1065.
   @Test
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ public void testScaledFillValue() throws URISyntaxException, IOException {
     File testResource = new File(getClass().getResource("testScaledFillValue.ncml").toURI());
 
     // LOOK removeEnhancement does not work in new
-    try (NetcdfDataset ncd = NetcdfDataset.openDataset(testResource.getAbsolutePath(), true, null)) {
+    try (NetcdfDataset ncd = NetcdfDatasets.openDataset(testResource.getAbsolutePath(), true, null)) {
       VariableDS fooVar = (VariableDS) ncd.findVariable("foo");
 
       double expectedFillValue = .99999;
diff --git a/cdm/core/src/test/java/ucar/nc2/internal/ncml/TestEnhance.java b/cdm/core/src/test/java/ucar/nc2/internal/ncml/TestEnhance.java
index 5f85cc4d42..41585fd5d6 100644
--- a/cdm/core/src/test/java/ucar/nc2/internal/ncml/TestEnhance.java
+++ b/cdm/core/src/test/java/ucar/nc2/internal/ncml/TestEnhance.java
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ public void testStandaloneNoEnhanceDataset() throws IOException {
       Variable scaledvar = ncfile.findVariable("scaledvar");
       assertThat((Object) scaledvar).isNotNull();
       assertThat(scaledvar.getDataType()).isEqualTo(DataType.SHORT);
-      assertThat(scaledvar.attributes().hasAttribute("scale_factor")).isFalse();
+      assertThat(scaledvar.attributes().hasAttribute("scale_factor")).isTrue();
+      assertThat(scaledvar.attributes().findAttributeDouble("scale_factor", 1.0)).isEqualTo(2.0);
       assertThat(scaledvar.readScalarShort()).isEqualTo(1);
     }
   }
@@ -107,8 +108,6 @@ public void testStandaloneDoubleEnhanceDataset() throws IOException {
       Variable scaledvar = ncfile.findVariable("scaledvar");
       assertThat((Object) scaledvar).isNotNull();
       assertThat(scaledvar.getDataType()).isEqualTo(DataType.FLOAT);
-      assertThat(scaledvar.attributes().hasAttribute("scale_factor")).isTrue();
-      assertThat(scaledvar.attributes().findAttributeDouble("scale_factor", 1.0)).isEqualTo(2.0);
       assertThat(scaledvar.readScalarFloat()).isEqualTo(12.0f);
     }
   }