A heavy duty truck may need heavy duty parts!....That was probably their down fall!
Too bad they can't bring this truck back with some good upgrades ,it is truly a bad a$$!...
I remember it in the early years in the rc magizines an drooled over it!...:D
You got the old AM radio?
If you do ,wheres the antenna hang from the receiver?
Well I seen the pics ,an kind of seen the location.
Its not too good to have the antenna hang over the engine because it catches radio interference
from the clutch bell an any other moving parts.
I don't see why not!
I use to make my own batteries as well.
One time I got my hands on some old video camcorder back in the early 90's ,
They were a aa 4400 mah ,I made receiver batts out of them ......LOL
They rarely needed charge!
Once it gets beyond that pinch point ,there is no way that it would run properly & tune!
If the piston /sleeve still looks good ,an is smooth ,you can send it in an have it re-pinched
for $ 20 bucks + $ 10 for shipping ,which is well worth it it!