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My Traxxas T-Maxx

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Hey to all, this is my thread for my T-Maxx.

Ever since the Maxx was released many moons ago, I've always wanted one. But never really having the money, it was only ever a dream toy to own. I had the big poster on the bedroom wall, and looked on in awe every time i went into my local hobby shop.

This is my 1st Nitro Car.

Fast forwards 13-14years, and I finally get round to having some spare cash, and decide to buy one.

Turns out it's not the dream truck I had thought of.

Plagued with issues from the start.

I bought it via Facebook, off a guy I'd seen selling on eBay - 1st issue.

It took much longer than I hoped to turn up - 2nd issue.

When it did eventually arrive ( I was told it was RTR ) it almost was, needed batteries as you'd expect and a cover for the Tx.

So 1st time I get to play with it, I'm in work on a weekend, (it was a slow day) and it wouldn't start, a bit of tweaking, and it eventually runs, badly. Underpowered, over fueling to death. 3rd issue.

So when I get home from work, it goes into the cupboard until i can get to the LHS.

LHS I take it in and ask them to make it work.

Couple of days later..... LHS rings me.

OWB is on its way out.

Clutch is pants.

Engine is full of rust?! - 4th issue.

Trip to the LHS to collect truck.

Got home, stripped the engine, full of rust, from previous owner not using after run oil.

So fully stripped, cleaned and rebuilt it......or so I thought, I managed to rebuild it and put the piston in the wrong way round :-(

So 1st and 2nd engine rebuild later, it's back in the truck, and good to go.

Buying parts along the way, which I'll list later.

1st decent run outside, and it's running alright, so I take it back to the LHS for them to tune it as I'm not too sure how to tune.

Phone call later that day, fuel tank is leaking, it's drawing in air, it can't be tuned..... Mildly annoying.

Brought it home, resealed it, took it back. They agree to tune it.

Later that day. It's still drawing in air :-(. The carb is loose in its housing even though the pinch bolt is tight :-(.

Luckily the guy in the LHS had a spare carb at home, £15 and a new 2nd hand carb, air leak cured.

But they couldn't tune as I was going away, so took the car home.

Several YouTube videos later, decide to try and tune it myself, worked out rather well. Engine now running mint.

So as it stands 6 weeks of ownership and several trips to the LHS and several parts inc a pull start to replace the EZ start, everything is finally going smoothly.....

Until the next long post.

Thanks for reading so far!

Pics to follow.

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Shoulda bought a new one.. BTW it needed to be retuned anyway - they're VERY picky to your density altitude (sea level) and the weather can even play a roll in how good it runs.. good luck I had one way back in the day and will never get one again - Emaxx>Tmaxx

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The bright side is you now know alot about Nitro 1st hand and the second hand market, which can be very good in getting a deal or no longer available model to a dogs breakfast and anything in between.

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Buying new wasnt an option at the time. Looking back i should have saved a little more. I thought i was getting a decent truck. Lesson learnt the hard way. I wont be buying another Maxx. Simply upgrading this one. With the stuff i have learnt so far. Its given me the conifidence to look at other nitro models i perhaps wouldnt.

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Now you know what to watch out for , the 2nd hand market is a good source to get bargains. The money you spend on the maxx , write it up as school fees where the knowledge stays with you. :)

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Thought i had more pics than this for the engine rebuild :unsure:

So with the engine rebuilt twice, all nice and shiny, things are finally starting to look good for the Maxx, its much easier to tune without being full of rust.

So i have it out for a couple of runs, all is good in the world, then i decide to run it on a field with some long-ish grass..... long story short, my Spur Gear and slipper clutch die a very horrible melty death!

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The engine has to come out again to replace the spur gear, so while the engine is out, i decide sod it, lets strip the truck back to chassis and give a full clean and rebuild.

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While its in pieces i decided to replace all the bearings with a kit off Saabmania.

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So other the last couple of weeks, i stripped the truck back to chassis and did a slow full rebuild. Both front and rear diffs, and all 8 shocks were stripped, cleaned and rebuilt.

The diffs have got 100k wt oil, and the shocks have got 45k wt oil. I'm hoping 100k wt is thick enough not to leak when its warm.

I treated her to some RPM skid plates as i think the look good and i think its silly the transmission and brake is exposed.

List of stuff i've bought so far for her.

Skid Plates

Team Orion 1900mah hump pack

Slipper Clutch

Spur Gear

HPI Starter Kit - Glow Start and stuffs

Glow Plug

Decent Batteries for Tx

New 3 Channel Tx and Rx

Diff Oil

Shock Oil

Pull Start

Bearing Kit

New Shell - Standard Maxx

Paint

Metal Hub thingys for the wheels - only 2 atm the store didn't have 4.

Shocker Mount screws as i managed to loose one :(

Carb

Fuel Tank

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Dang that's a lot of work / effort to get the truck running.

lots of patience needed, my hat's off to you sir. :)

I thought I had problems with a nitro car, but at least my engine wasn't rusted up like yours.

I have a maxx truck too, an e-maxx, great trucks

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I agree the E-Maxx is a great truck having watched several videos of them. I've got a few bits to tidy up on the shell and maybe a couple more rpm bits and a rear wing? But I'm still deciding on that. Then I can get some proper daylight pics of her complete

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