Long story short he said it was only 1 year old, runs and drives fine, but just needed a glow plug, and it was missing the body because he broke it and never got a new one. Guess that should have been my first clue, but I figured if someone is telling you something, you take them on their word. So I gave him 120 bucks for it, which isn't an outrageous price, but I probably would have offered less had I known what I know now.
(Supposedly it's a traxxas rustler, but i'm working with traxxas to get a positive ID on it.) It has a TRX 2.5 engine on it.
Anyway, i'm going around and around with this engine trying to get it dialed in.
Here's what i've done :
Cleaned the fuel tank, lines and carburetor
Added new fuel
New glow plug
New glow igniter (the one he gave me was broken)
Zero'ed out the throttle servo and linkage (it was running wide open the first time i started it)
Fixed the brake linkage
Reversed the shock tower (it was installed backwards) so that the upper chassis deck was actually attached to it.
Tore apart shocks and added motor oil to them (don't flame me for this I just wanted to make sure they didn't need new seals, I'm going to get shock oil on my next trip to LHS 2 hrs away)
Pull start is currently broken and on order. It should be here tuesday or wednesday. So I used a drill to start the engine. In order to have access to the OWB, I had to rotate the exhaust pipe up. What I found was that it was running so rich that it was filling the exhaust pipe up with fuel, and the engine was dying. Is there any reason other than the settings on the carb that would cause it to run so rich like this? It was spitting fuel all over the place out the side of the exhaust. I did turn the needles back to what the manual for the engine says they should be at. LSN flush with the front of the throttle arm and HSN 4 full turns out from closed position. Problem is with the exhaust in the position it was in, I couldn't run it long enough to make any adjustments.
Pictures :
http://imageshack.us/a/img812/302/8ec1.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img713/8321/kiru.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img818/5374/iup9.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img194/9443/2bz4.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img268/5705/t9hx.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img547/7600/uxdm.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img23/8185/x9uf.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img823/7463/4h3o.jpg
I'm very mechanical, so this kind of stuff comes pretty easy to me at least the basic understanding of how things are supposed to work. Disassembly and reassembly is simple to me. If anyone can give me any tips on getting this engine working that would be sweet.
Thanks in advance
-Alan
(Supposedly it's a traxxas rustler, but i'm working with traxxas to get a positive ID on it.) It has a TRX 2.5 engine on it.
Anyway, i'm going around and around with this engine trying to get it dialed in.
Here's what i've done :
Cleaned the fuel tank, lines and carburetor
Added new fuel
New glow plug
New glow igniter (the one he gave me was broken)
Zero'ed out the throttle servo and linkage (it was running wide open the first time i started it)
Fixed the brake linkage
Reversed the shock tower (it was installed backwards) so that the upper chassis deck was actually attached to it.
Tore apart shocks and added motor oil to them (don't flame me for this I just wanted to make sure they didn't need new seals, I'm going to get shock oil on my next trip to LHS 2 hrs away)
Pull start is currently broken and on order. It should be here tuesday or wednesday. So I used a drill to start the engine. In order to have access to the OWB, I had to rotate the exhaust pipe up. What I found was that it was running so rich that it was filling the exhaust pipe up with fuel, and the engine was dying. Is there any reason other than the settings on the carb that would cause it to run so rich like this? It was spitting fuel all over the place out the side of the exhaust. I did turn the needles back to what the manual for the engine says they should be at. LSN flush with the front of the throttle arm and HSN 4 full turns out from closed position. Problem is with the exhaust in the position it was in, I couldn't run it long enough to make any adjustments.
Pictures :
http://imageshack.us/a/img812/302/8ec1.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img713/8321/kiru.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img818/5374/iup9.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img194/9443/2bz4.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img268/5705/t9hx.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img547/7600/uxdm.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img23/8185/x9uf.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img823/7463/4h3o.jpg
I'm very mechanical, so this kind of stuff comes pretty easy to me at least the basic understanding of how things are supposed to work. Disassembly and reassembly is simple to me. If anyone can give me any tips on getting this engine working that would be sweet.
Thanks in advance
-Alan