Restoration Project #10 - Tamiya TGS-R - Ford Focus

[Doom!]

RC planes take up even more space, but you already know that.

 

[gandalfnz]

RC planes take up even more space, but you already know that.

Garage ceiling looks too empty right now...

 

[CsG76]

Hi there,

I just took out my Tamiya TGS Subaru out of the storage box. The car ran approx 10 years ago. There was surely some after run oil or WD40 or something similar split in. I wanted to pull out the recoil starter, I cannot. I pulled out the engine particularly out of its place and removed the recoil- it works. But I cannot turn the hexagonal clockwise. I removed the plate There us no mark of rust or fuel remains, but I believe the crank is fix, it doesn't wanna turn. I split WD40 and old (in darkness and room temp stored) nitro fuel into it. Will this help, ot should I rather pull out the engine and prepare an all-night fuel/WD40 bath for it?

Thanks a lot, kind regads from Hungary

 

[WickedFog]

Hi there,

I just took out my Tamiya TGS Subaru out of the storage box. The car ran approx 10 years ago. There was surely some after run oil or WD40 or something similar split in. I wanted to pull out the recoil starter, I cannot. I pulled out the engine particularly out of its place and removed the recoil- it works. But I cannot turn the hexagonal clockwise. I removed the plate There us no mark of rust or fuel remains, but I believe the crank is fix, it doesn't wanna turn. I split WD40 and old (in darkness and room temp stored) nitro fuel into it. Will this help, ot should I rather pull out the engine and prepare an all-night fuel/WD40 bath for it?

Thanks a lot, kind regads from Hungary

Try warming it up. If you left it at top dead center, the piston may be stuck in the pinch. I'm not a nitro guy, but I was told that when I bought my first one, and the guy had put a mark on the flywheel indicating bottom dead center, and said to always rotate it to that mark after running.

If yours was at top dead center when it cooled, you may have messed up your pinch, piston, or both.

 

[CsG76]

Hi,

Maybe with a

 

[CsG76]

Maybe with a gas torch? Is the cast part (engine block) made of alu or iron? I think I woll make a new thread, and tonorrow or on weekend I will dismantle the crankhouse cover again, and will make some pics. Hopefully it will run again.

 

[Littlemotor]

Heat your oven to 220F. Allow it to sit for a half hour on a pan of some kind inside the oven. When you pull it out, you should be able to rotate the crank.

Remove the pull start cover, and handle assembly prior to placing it inside the oven, as well as the carburetor.

If it does not rotate, then place it inside a bin filled with penetrating oil for 24hrs, and heat it in the oven once more. After an hour this time, if it still does not rotate, and your one way bearing is out of the engine throughout these processes, then your engine is likely trash unfortunately. Even with after run oil, there may not be any rust, but after sitting for 10yrs, it will be seized due to the oil being gummed up.

As @WickedFog said before, if you allowed the piston to be at TDC when it cooled off after you ran it last, it likely seized then.

Good luck.

 

[CsG76]

Today I will try to do this oven-scene, the only problems are:
- cannot pull out the engine from its position, only particularly (I believe the gears do not allow it fully, however there’s plenty of space (no fuel tank)
- one previous owner destroyed the screws of the carb, i dont know if they are torx/ imbus or normal + head. Both side they seem to be abused. I hope they dont seized due to fuel etc as in this case I have do drill them off.
BTW: Is the hexagonal head on the crank a normal (mm - for me normal, yes ) size or something special (inch etc)?

Thanks a lot and kind regards from

 

[Littlemotor]

Today I will try to do this oven-scene, the only problems are:
- cannot pull out the engine from its position, only particularly (I believe the gears do not allow it fully, however there’s plenty of space (no fuel tank)
- one previous owner destroyed the screws of the carb, i dont know if they are torx/ imbus or normal + head. Both side they seem to be abused. I hope they dont seized due to fuel etc as in this case I have do drill them off.
BTW: Is the hexagonal head on the crank a normal (mm - for me normal, yes ) size or something special (inch etc)?

Thanks a lot and kind regards from

Post up some photos if you’re able to, so that we can get a better idea of what you’re working with.

 

[CsG76]

So this is the front plate of the crankhouse (photo was shot two days ago) Operating direction is clockwise, yes? (In the opposite position the hex can be turned without any resistance even by hand). How can I get out the engine? It comes forward maybe an inch, and maybe 20 degrees upwards, but it remains in the chassis.

 

[Littlemotor]

So this is the front plate of the crankhouse (photo was shot two days ago) Operating direction is clockwise, yes? (In the opposite position the hex can be turned without any resistance even by hand). How can I get out the engine? It comes forward maybe an inch, and maybe 20 degrees upwards, but it remains in the chassis. View attachment 217524

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That’s because it has a one way bearing inside..

SOMEthing has it in the chassis, and unfortunately I cannot do that for you lol.. Find what it is, and remove.. Can’t get any further withOUT handling that..

 

[CsG76]

Well, project will go on tomorrow, my wife had a lots of work for the university and both children are not very OK (probably all light flu), and I felt myself also not very OK especially in this ugly weather. The operating direction of the crank is clockwise yes? (Seen from the from of the car)

Thanks a lot

 

[Littlemotor]

Well, project will go on tomorrow, my wife had a lots of work for the university and both children are not very OK (probably all light flu), and I felt myself also not very OK especially in this ugly weather. The operating direction of the crank is clockwise yes? (Seen from the from of the car)

Thanks a lot

Nosir-COUNTERclockwise if when looking at the front/clutch side of the engine.

 

[CsG76]

Am I right? (There’s also a mark on the hex). When I turn into that direction, I can turn without resistance, but only this hexagonal mother bolt-like part turns, the shaft itself doesn't.

 

[Littlemotor]

Am I right? (There’s also a mark on the hex). When I turn into that direction, I can turn without resistance, but only this hexagonal mother bolt-like part turns, the shaft itself doesn't.

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Nosir. When viewing the engine from the FRONT. It operates in a counter clockwise rotation.

You need to remove the engine from the chassis. Do not attempt to disassemble it while it’s still installed in the vehicle.

 

[CsG76]

So ready to grill? And the FRONT is the other end of the engine, yes? (I mean where the gears are)

 

[WickedFog]

So ready to grill? And the FRONT is the other end of the engine, yes? (I mean where the gears are)



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There's that piston, stuck in the pinch.

 

[CsG76]

220F yes? So approx 100Cels

 

[CsG76]

Can the clutch remain on the engine?

 

[CsG76]

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