things I'm doing to my element ecto

[majin]

So as cool as 4wheel steering was i had to reset it back to a straight axle. Ran into too much difficulty finding a suitable watts link and just waaaaay too much bumpsteer.
The thi g never wanted to straighten back out again.
Refilled the axle with marine grease.
Need a mew pivot ball for the upper links so its sitting waiting on that at 90% done.

 

[majin]

Took the Old Man out for a rip a few days ago.
It was awesome
And I sent up a sacrifice to the rc gods

I threw a driveshaft. There were lots of vines amd I landed a few SWEET jumps lol

On the plus side this was very similar to my last repair if not the same thing so I have replacements on hand.
The sad part?
I haven't swapped yet and I'm sitting here at a jobs item surrounded by things to crawl and even have the Basecamp and the ecto.
But I can't run em



The ecto is rear wheel drive only
And the Basecamp has no clips as their in my walking bag next to my table at home lol

 

[xjtorc]

that's some satisfying carnage my man!

 

[Doom!]

Took the Old Man out for a rip a few days ago.
It was awesome
And I sent up a sacrifice to the rc gods
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I threw a driveshaft. There were lots of vines amd I landed a few SWEET jumps lol


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On the plus side this was very similar to my last repair if not the same thing so I have replacements on hand.
The sad part?
I haven't swapped yet and I'm sitting here at a jobs item surrounded by things to crawl and even have the Basecamp and the ecto.
But I can't run em



The ecto is rear wheel drive only
And the Basecamp has no clips as their in my walking bag next to my table at home lol

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Dangit! if you don't start taking better care of your toys, your not going to get any new ones, now go clean your room!

 

[CertifiedMike]

Dangit! if you don't start taking better care of your toys, your not going to get any new ones, now go clean your room!

Not every RC is a 'basher'!!!

 

[Lostinthewoods86]

Not every RC is a 'basher'!!!

Blasphemy

 

[CertifiedMike]

Blasphemy

Says right here in the Kyosho Bible, under Optima Mid... Thou shall not basheth thine Mid.

 

[Lostinthewoods86]

Says right here in the Kyosho Bible, under Optima Mid... Thou shall not basheth thine Mid.

 

[CertifiedMike]

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At least its not orange and white.

 

[majin]

that's some satisfying carnage my man!

i had a huge grin not gonna lie lol

 

[majin]

Dangit! if you don't start taking better care of your toys, your not going to get any new ones, now go clean your room!

i like to look at the whole world as my room, so my mess gets to ever expand!!!!

 

[majin]

Not every RC is a 'basher'!!!

LIES!!!!!! they just havent been driven properly then, how you gonn aknow it can land the jump when yopu need it to if you dont miss a few practice jumps!!

 

[majin]

Says right here in the Kyosho Bible, under Optima Mid... Thou shall not basheth thine Mid.

unless thine enjoyeth the repair????

 

[CertifiedMike]

unless thine enjoyeth the repair????

I do!!! I can fix ANYTHING!!!
Moses parted the Red Sea... I glued it back together!

I would tell you to stop picking on my Mids and go beat up on your own crawlers... but you already do.

 

[majin]

welp it turns out i did NOT have the correct driveshaft. the part i have is sighlty too long and makes it bind up. ordered another set. shew this is the 3rd set.
this trucks an absolute tank. the parts i HAVE broken have all been because of ridiculous antics. and also have been easy repairs. i love this truck lol

 

[CertifiedMike]

the parts i HAVE broken have all been because of ridiculous antics.

Sounds like my kind of party!!!

 

[majin]

put some lights on the front hood fo the night runs a btc, flipped the screw direction of the servo horn, it kept falling out, i had it installed upside down for some reason? i dont know but i also added a locknut to the end of it to make it hang out where i wat it for awhile longer lol.

 

[Doom!]

 

[majin]

while building the comp fox, i took a few parts off the Old man, i used the diff cover, the steering knuckles, and the brass wheel weights. i also took the motor!,
tonight i replaced the motor with a different quickrun motor, same as the one i took off, i reinstalled the factory steering knuckles, I'm gonna lose a little throw but ill deal with that when the tarrifs go down, is unobtainium for me now when the shipping is 2x the price of the item
then i realised i forgot to replace the diff cover, so its sitting here waiting for me to remove the axles AGAIN tonight so i can reinstall the factory diff cover,

i am eyeballing the dezert lizard shocks as well lol, the comp fox has 1 shock leaking....


the ecto was my first real rc. it will always be my favorite i think, he taught me so much about the hobby, soldering, wrenching, diagnosing, breaking, tuning, taught me to drive without using full throttle and also that its almost always a good time for a little throttle lol.

other than the diff cover being taken by my parts gremlin all 3 elements are rear to hit the trail as of right now

2 ecto's and the comp fox. i dig em.

also hooked up a much too long whinch hook to the Old man, i havent found a winch servo mount for the comp fox yet.

i LOVE magnetic body mounts omylanta what a much betterer way!