Revo Cleaning, Lots of pics

[Z400]

Well...


the Girlfriend and I stayed at her moms house for 5 days, and thats 2 hours from here, so hecks no, i wasn't going to get bored, So i took my truck along with.

just 2 house's down, crews were working on the road and such, so there was alot of sand piles and gravel piles and good golly i took advantage of them.

So with a header that wont accept a gasket, and lots of sand..things got messy, so i was forced to do a complete tear down and an all out cleaning.

i took pics during the process just to give others an idea of what it can possibly take to get a truck looking pretty much, good as new.

This process took me a total of 4.5 hours, 2nd time i've done this.
i started taking pictures afte ri had the front end takin apart, thats when i decided i would do such a thing as this.


now for the pictures..

tore down the front end and started to soak it in my 2.5g aqaurium with a mixture of warm water and 3 tablespoons of dish soap

the mess

cleaned the front area of the chassis

I'm using just a wet wash cloth with WD-40 sprayed here and there on it

woo

the new looking front end.
only thing new is the front body mount/shock tower part

Shocks cleaned and re-installed

another shot of it all, well some of it..

the reason why i clean my truck this way..

^all of that on the chassis...the bits and pieces of whats left of my RRP combo...

yuck! exhaust on the wing mount!

rear gone, time to clean the chassis

yea see! there actually is something under that dirt!

my "dunk tank"

ready to be put back together

Steering and throttle servo and mounts installed

Well its gettin there..

tank installed

engine,pipe, fuel lines, receiver, receiver box
all there

installed the linkages, dialed in everything, and its ready to bash

why did i make a thread with all of this?

Because, i wanted to show others another easy way to clean there truck or trucks, yes it takes time, bit it sue does make your stuff look good afterwards!

 

[five21racing]

Nice job..you forgot to clean 1 things though, probably the most important one at that.

 

[olds97_lss]

Air filter...

I just hit my rigs with a garden hose. I'm way to lazy to bother taking them apart every time I get the dirty. I'd spend every sunday tearing them apart and cleaning them from Saturday. As it is, I hit them with a hose Saturday, dry them in sensitive areas (servo's/engine) with canned air and their ready to go Sunday.

Good job though. Are your arms dyed? They look like they are blue. But too dark for stock RPM

 

[Rolex]

You missed a spot.

 

[BOUTCH]

OH you saw it too rolex...LOL:radio:
NICE RIG man...love the wing in the back sweet !!!

 

[Z400]

Thanks alot everyone on the compliments.


you know...i've posted pics of my truck on here probably 5 times...and this is by far, the first time ever that i've gotton this many compliments on it. lol


the airfilter, i just swap out with another MS and then clean the dirty one and let it wait for its turn to be used.

but thanks guys, appreciate it


olds- yes my arms are dyed, they use to be solid black, but after bash's and i guess scrubs from washing, the black wears off a bit.
when i turn, my rims dig into my arms, lots of blue there, and then also on the bottom of my rear arms, quite a few blue spots from where rocks hit the arms and such. But yes, they use to be the blue RPM arms, i got an awesome deal on them, $20 for the whole set, brand new in the package, was shopping for some RPM arms at the time but was looking for the black ones, well had to try out dyeing parts for the first time, also did my p2 rockers black, gonna do the LT's that ar eon it now in black sometime soon

 

[FastEddy]

Good to see that you keep food and water out for the dog.

 

[R/C Newbie]

what did you dye them with?

 

[Bad LS1]

now that your truck is clean you should really start on the house!

=devil

 

[Z400]

Good to see that you keep food and water out for the dog.

lol yea, my puppy is my other half of my life, i keep her well fed and watered

what did you dye them with?

i used Rit Liquid Dye in Black, can be found at Wal-mart in the bleach's and laudry detergent isle

now that your truck is clean you should really start on the house!


=devil

aha
only that area of my room is messy really...

 

[SkyMaxx]

Then it should be a quick clean up...the room that is...probably quicker than cleaning the REVO.

 

[hamz9561]

I noticed the Motor Saver on your rig. You might want to consider getting a pre-filter for it. They're cheap insurance against a lot more dirt into the engine.

 

[Z400]

I noticed the Motor Saver on your rig. You might want to consider getting a pre-filter for it. They're cheap insurance against a lot more dirt into the engine.

already got it!

not sure why it wasn't on in the picture..i guess i have forgotton why by now. but i deffinatly have a prefilter for it.

 

[joneser4u]

Air filter...

I just hit my rigs with a garden hose. I'm way to lazy to bother taking them apart every time I get the dirty. I'd spend every sunday tearing them apart and cleaning them from Saturday. As it is, I hit them with a hose Saturday, dry them in sensitive areas (servo's/engine) with canned air and their ready to go Sunday.

Good job though. Are your arms dyed? They look like they are blue. But too dark for stock RPM

Yep, mine gets the garden hose with some houshold squirtbottle cleaners,blow it off with some compressed air then I either wd40 it or use notouchtire spray to make it look new and lube everything.

 

[Z400]

me


warm soapy water, rinse, let air dry, then comes the oil and re-assembly

 

[FastEddy]

me


warm soapy water, rinse, let air dry, then comes the oil and re-assembly

Thats a good start on your room, now how do you clean your RC?

 

[mach1basher]

Air filter...

I just hit my rigs with a garden hose. I'm way to lazy to bother taking them apart every time I get the dirty. I'd spend every sunday tearing them apart and cleaning them from Saturday. As it is, I hit them with a hose Saturday, dry them in sensitive areas (servo's/engine) with canned air and their ready to go Sunday.

Good job though. Are your arms dyed? They look like they are blue. But too dark for stock RPM

Do you take anything out ie servos, rx batt, engine?

 

[Z400]

Thats a good start on your room, now how do you clean your RC?

omg hah


that i the exact same way i cleaned that entire truck.


from the inside of my clutchbell to my hingepins. ha

 

[v12revo]

i see you got this wire going in between your rear shocks up to where the pipe hinge goes? is that for extra support? also did you cut your header or did it break?

 

[Z400]

i see you got this wire going in between your rear shocks up to where the pipe hinge goes? is that for extra support? also did you cut your header or did it break?

the wire is a piece of linkage, yes its for support.

the header, i do not run anymore, i broke my OS header, had to buy another. that was my back up header.

cut it so it would flex instead of bend or break