RC cars n trucks
- Thread starter Rwjeter
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Man, I've been doing everything BUT what I want to do this week. I'm hoping to tinker on it some Friday and Saturday while the flooring crew is working.
Only thing RC I own is a cheap drone! Haven't had it out of the box in 6 months.
Just enough to make you cry like a grown bitch when you crash it!!!
FINALLY..... I got it home and on the workbench. Maybe I can actually tinker on it some this weekend.
Had some extra time this morning to tanker on the 3.3. The engine is turning smoothly now. The carburetor looked good to go. I'm going to save the carburetor rebuild kit for future and give it a shot. So if that little puppy will start up tonight. Now time to go get a butt load of AA batteries or my "work flashlight."
Oh, sidenote the whole time I was tinkering with it Pantera was stuck in my head. "I'm Broken." And guess what just came on the radio? It's going to be a good Friday!
Oh, sidenote the whole time I was tinkering with it Pantera was stuck in my head. "I'm Broken." And guess what just came on the radio? It's going to be a good Friday!
With much more expensive toys. But DAMN are they fun!?!
Oy..... Tried to fire up the mini beast this afternoon. Couldn't get ignition. Checked the glow plug, it looked fine. Had a fresh bottle of nitro, fresh EZ start battery. I looked at the carburetor the other day. It looked fine. Tearing it down to completely clean it tonight. Any other ideas?
A good cleaning won't hurt. Check the glow plug is getting hot! Make sure that fuel is completely primed to the carb, might have to blow into the exhaust. Try pulling on it with the glow plug loosened, if it fires up tighten while it's running.
Glow plug. It's always the damn glow plugs. And if you get a good glow plug in it then the glow starter is going to be dead. I don't miss nitro one little bit.
Did you pull the glow plug out and attach the glow starter to verify that it's glowing good and strong? If it's a faint glow or not glowing just change it. Even new plugs are bad sometimes.
I pulled the glow plug this morning and put it in my starter. Cherry red almost instantly. I'm gonna finish cleaning the carb and try blowing the exhaust to prime it. Maybe that'll get it going.
I don't recall ever have to clean the carb in a nitro car, and mine would sit for years with fuel in them sometimes.
Haha! She lives! And she's just as fast as always! Almost took myself out..... lol. Switching from forward to reverse is sticking a little though.