RobH
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I solved my weird fuel problems by taking the primer pump out my fuel tank:
I screwed up and made a mess out of the hole the pump came out of. I was able to save it by enlarging the hole to 3/8" and then making this rubber plug out of an eraser. I then ran a huge screw down the middle of the plug, enlarging the eraser, making an air-tight fit (doesn't leak when I submerge it in water and apply pressure.)
If you ever have to make something perfectly round, I found a cool way to do it.
1.) run a screw through the rubber, wood or whatever.
2.) chuck the end of the screw that's hanging out, in your drill.
3.) grab your dremel and chuck up the sanding drum.
4.) in one hand, hold your drill at full speed (thus turning the piece impaled on the screw)
5.) in the other hand, hold your dremel at full speed
6.) now take the dremel and "shape" the spinning piece.
This process makes a perfect circle. I call it the "Dremel Lathe". My wife calls it "Noisy".
Anyway, that should fix my Max ST.
The old Nitro Hawk I bought for my son, however, has a bit of a pull start problem:
As you can see, I'm gonna have to take the engine out to replace the pull start. This scares me!
I was thinking. What if I cut the cord put a huge knot in the end. Then I could use my dremel to make a slice in the side of the wheel that spools the cord (thats the red line I drew). I could then stick the huge knot I made in the cord into the groove I cut. Then I could manually wrap the cord around the spool and give it one yank. I could keep repeating the process until it starts. After it starts, I can take the cord off easy by slipping the knot out of the groove I cut.
What do you guys think? Is taking the engine off that big of a deal? The engine runs fine and starts easy. I just hate to mess with it.
-rob
I screwed up and made a mess out of the hole the pump came out of. I was able to save it by enlarging the hole to 3/8" and then making this rubber plug out of an eraser. I then ran a huge screw down the middle of the plug, enlarging the eraser, making an air-tight fit (doesn't leak when I submerge it in water and apply pressure.)
If you ever have to make something perfectly round, I found a cool way to do it.
1.) run a screw through the rubber, wood or whatever.
2.) chuck the end of the screw that's hanging out, in your drill.
3.) grab your dremel and chuck up the sanding drum.
4.) in one hand, hold your drill at full speed (thus turning the piece impaled on the screw)
5.) in the other hand, hold your dremel at full speed
6.) now take the dremel and "shape" the spinning piece.
This process makes a perfect circle. I call it the "Dremel Lathe". My wife calls it "Noisy".
Anyway, that should fix my Max ST.
The old Nitro Hawk I bought for my son, however, has a bit of a pull start problem:
As you can see, I'm gonna have to take the engine out to replace the pull start. This scares me!
I was thinking. What if I cut the cord put a huge knot in the end. Then I could use my dremel to make a slice in the side of the wheel that spools the cord (thats the red line I drew). I could then stick the huge knot I made in the cord into the groove I cut. Then I could manually wrap the cord around the spool and give it one yank. I could keep repeating the process until it starts. After it starts, I can take the cord off easy by slipping the knot out of the groove I cut.
What do you guys think? Is taking the engine off that big of a deal? The engine runs fine and starts easy. I just hate to mess with it.
-rob
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