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old model, will it work?

  • 16-01-2006 09:09PM
    #1
    projectmayhem
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,480 ✭✭✭


    i have an old model car (1/10th scale nitro rally car thingy, no fancy fuel injection or anything) sitting there for nearly 2 years idle. i have fuel and a glow-plug yoke (i can't remember any of the names, as i'm sure you can tell).

    anyway, will it work if i pull it out and start 'er up? is there anything i should do before getting it going (like clear the spiders out of the engine)?

    thanks


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  • #2
    vectra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,690 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Well if it was me,
    I would first off clean it up.
    Charge up or use fresh batteries for receiver/transmitter
    Remove the Gloplug and airfilter.
    give a quick burst of WD40 down the plughole and into the air intake of the carb.
    Spin it over a few times.
    Put a new glo plug in.
    Oil the air filter.
    Put some nitro in the tank and make sure it is getting into the cylinder
    Check that your control is operating the servos correctly.. Give it a go and hope for the best..
    Now after all that..
    That is what I would do..
    But no doubt the Nitro Guru { AKA Coolwings :D } will be along and have a better suggestion..


  • #3
    tallus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,324 ✭✭✭tallus


    I think Vectra summed it up pretty well heh


  • #4
    coolwings
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,460 Mod ✭✭✭✭coolwings


    vectra wrote:
    Well if it was me,
    I would first off clean it up..... Give it a go and hope for the best...
    What else would you do, but fire it up, and let it rip!
    vectra wrote:
    no doubt the Nitro Guru { AKA Coolwings :D } will be along and have a better suggestion..
    Its great you should give me the title so easy :) ...and I'd like to say thanks very much and all....and I'd like to make a little speech, like, and .....(runs out of things to say and fades to silence.... :o )

    But Vectra you deserve it more than me to be "Resident Boards Nitro Guru".
    I've only got one nitro engine model of my own right now and all the rest are leccies - You're got me beaten on number of model so you're welcome to wear that crown anytime you want :D:D:D


  • #5
    Fobia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,958 ✭✭✭Fobia


    Just don't call me Shirley.


  • #6
    vectra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,690 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    coolwings wrote:
    you're welcome to wear that crown anytime you want :D:D:D

    I think it fits you a bit better ... :D


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  • #7
    projectmayhem
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,480 ✭✭✭projectmayhem


    lol thanks for the advice.

    i'll give it a go this weekend. if i don't post it's possibly because i died in a hail of nitro and old r/c bits :D


  • #8
    vectra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,690 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    projectmayhem wrote:
    lol thanks for the advice.

    i'll give it a go this weekend. if i don't post it's possibly because i died in a hail of nitro and old r/c bits :D

    :D
    Best of luck bud.


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