zooman802002
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I recently bought a Tmaxx 3.3 with the E/Z start system. The truck had only had 2 tanks ran through it when I purchased it and I got a GREAT deal on it but there was one problem with it,the last time the previous owner drove it he had attempted to drive it in the snow and it didnt go very long before he said it just lost all power and died. He never attempted to look further into the problem and the truck sat for the next 6 to 8 months or so. I recieved the truck with everything but the battery for the e/z start controller,so I went and purchased a cheap 1500mah battery to use with the e/z start problem is when I go to start the truck the electric motor barely gets one or two revolutions before it doesn't have enough juice to turn it over anymore,also the green light that is supposed to light up on the controller for the glow plug does not light up at all. I tryed a diffrent battery,using my rechargable glow plug warmer,new glow plug and nothing changed. The only way I did get the motor to fire was to take my adjustable power supply and hook it directly to the e/z starts electric motor and even then it doesn't want to spin the motor till its turned up to nearlly 15 volts. Its like the motor has way to much compression,cause when u pull out the glow plug and crank the motor it turns freely and when i pulled the head off the block the piston and sleeve looked to be in excellent shape. Any ideas on what the problem could be or how to go about fixing it? I was thinking that moisture may have gotten into the e/z start motor and screwed it up so that was next on my list of things to replace,please help,I only payed $80 bucks for this truck and wanna get it all straightened out,Thanks