Losi XXX-SCT Teardown

[WickedFog]

I got this truck from @Mrgoodwrench35, and dude, you built this thing right.

Not a single stripped screw. Everything looks right. And she broke down in quick fashion.

Trans looks good too.

I still have to remove the e-clips on a few parts and the shock standoffs, but I'm going to work on that tomorrow.

 

[Xraycer]

Are you tearing it down just to clean it up?

Mr.Goodwrench hasn't checked in here since last Oct. Have you heard from him, recently?

 

[Littlemotor]

Can’t wait to see this one back in the dirt!

 

[RustyUs]

I love me some short course action. Mudflaps rule!

 

[WickedFog]

Are you tearing it down just to clean it up?

Yeah. I'm doing a full resto, plus adding a number of upgrades I have collected over the last year or so. I have everything for this one already, so once the Tekno gets done, this one goes up right behind it to be completed.

Mr.Goodwrench hasn't checked in here since last Oct. Have you heard from him, recently?

No, he kinda comes and goes here. I wasn't expecting him to chime in, but just in case

Both the Tekno and this one have the same body, so I want to get this ready to reassemble with some new parts, then paint both bathtubs at the same time, because they will require a tarp and/or a big homemade spray booth on the bench. They're way too big to use my little spraybooth.

 

[Xraycer]

Yeah. I'm doing I'm doing a full resto, plus adding a number of upgrades I have collected over the last year or so. I have everything for this one already, so once the Tekno gets done, this one goes up right behind it to be completed.

Both the Tekno and this one have the same body, so I want to get this ready to reassemble with some new parts, then paint both bathtubs at the same time, because they will require a tarp and/or a big homemade spray booth on the bench. They're way too big to use my little spraybooth.

Look at you go, Mr. Busybody!!

I think I still haven't fully recovered from that flu, a couple of weeks ago. Plus, its been cold, snowy and windy here, so I haven't been motivated to do much of anything.

 

[WickedFog]

Look at you go, Mr. Busybody!!

I think I still haven't fully recovered from that flu, a couple of weeks ago. Plus, its been cold, snowy and windy here, so I haven't been motivated to do much of anything.

Dude, that is something Greywolf and I have talked about. Getting sick now lingers. I gotta put my tinfoil hat on for just a second and say since Covid, illnesses seem different, and seem to linger on for a long time. Glad you're feeling better. Eat ya some of that killer ramen in some chicken broth and down some $10/gallon OJ. That always works for me to get me out of the funk.

But yeah, I was super duper freakin happy to see you jump back into things full on with your Kyosho mini's and stuff. And I'm kinda jealous. I'd be doing mini drifting on that floor of yours, or grab some yoga mats, or even better, the actual Mini Z track Kyosho sells. But as you know, I have way too much going on and my new years resolution was to FOCUS.

So to complete the drag Slash, I bought the last component it needed - decent batteries. I dug this one out from under a pile to get started on it. I have however been grabbing rare discontinued replacement and upgrade parts for it for about a year now though. But I still needed certain things, and I just grabbed the last thing I really wanted for it - aluminum shock bodies.

When I drag out all the little parts bags I have accumulated for this, it'll probably even surprize me

 

[Tunedfrog]

Good to see you're are really getting into it Kev, keep it up.

 

[WickedFog]

Time to remove some goo. I start from left to right.

First step, prep a stick of basswood into a chisel.

Soak the area with WD40.

Scrape with the chisel to remove most of the big stuff.

The WD40 will actually mix with the goo. Once you see the goo and WD40 become one, clean with a paper towel.

Repeat a couple times. You will feel the chisel glide over areas where there is still goo. Work the WD40 in til you feel the chassis' texture with no gliding over goo.

Then wipe it up.

The scratches you see above are from a screwdriver, which was done by someone before I got this. That is precisely why I use a piece of basswood. It doesn't mar the finish at all.

Spray on some Super Clean degreaser and scrub with a paper towel or shop rag. Or you can use some Superman tighty whitees

And abracadabra. Good as new, after someone carved into it with a screwdriver

Next up @Littlemotor - doing "dishes"

 

[WickedFog]

Arms disassembled.

I did find one bad part. And I'm not sure if I have a replacement, but I will if I don't.

It's hard to see in the pic, but this has been warm, and the face deformed into a cupped surface, along with a couple gouges in the bearing journal.

 

[WickedFog]

I didn't even realize this kit came with aluminum shock bodies. But they have the clamp on style pre-load adjusting collars. I really don't care for those. I have STRC threaded bodies to replace them.

Shocks disassembled. Eeewww

Looks like a bomb went off.

That's it for a bit. I'm in my regeneration module for a few

 

[WickedFog]

Dishes

 

[Lostinthewoods86]

Dishes
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I got some dishes that need done too, can I send em that way

 

[WickedFog]

I got some dishes that need done too, can I send em that way

Is she hot?

 

[Xraycer]

I got some dishes that need done too, can I send em that way

No dirty laundry?

 

[Littlemotor]

This thread got kinda

But then right back to

Thank god…

Lookin’ like you’re doing some shiit over there brotha! Keep it up!! Be mindful of your back at your age though!!

 

[Xraycer]

This thread got kinda

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WHAT'S WITH THE HAT?!!!

 

[332_RC]

Great work!

 

[Lostinthewoods86]

WHAT'S WITH THE HAT?!!!

What’s with the yelling in here?

 

[Xraycer]

What’s with the yelling in here?

BECAUSE I'M COMPLETELY OFFENDED BY YOU PEOPLES' INSENSITIVITY!!!