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CONFIRMED! Sonic Fighter re-re on the TT-02B chassis and a Black Edition Wall Hugging Mouse !!!!

Regular Easy Off oven cleaner will do it in a matter of minutes for those of us in the states. Spray it on, let sit for a few minutes, use a toothbrush to scrub a bit, then rinse. Repeat if necessary. Comes off pretty easy.

Spoken for. Thanks!

Decent used condition, spins up nicely. Located in the US, asking $40(OBO) + shipping

For sale: used but good condition LRP electronic speed controllers. Located in the US Sport Digital. I have two - one with Dean's and the other with Traxxas connectors. 14 Turn, 150 amps, FWD & Brake only Quantum Sport - Dean's connector. 14 Turn, 80 amps, FWD & Brake only (this one was soldered directly to the motor so no bullets) Digital Super Reverse - Tamiya connector. Over 13 turns, FWD & Reverse. I have boxes and instructions for one of the Sport Digitals, and the Quantum Sport, instructions for the Super Reverse Digital but no box, and nothing for the remaining Sport Digital (although I think perhaps I still have the instructions - will look and update if found) I'm asking $15 / each plus shipping costs. Pix on request.

Tamiya GF-01 Heavy Dump Truck! This one will be built today just to banish the winter time blues. Nothing fancy, just bearings and steel pinion, otherwise box stock runner.

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This is fairly normal with the DT-02. You listed all the correct things to do - I would do all of them. I also used the hop-up springs for a bit of additional tuning.

Yeah, I know all about that conundrum, LOL. I'm making a concentrated effort to move some bits that I'm not ever going to use, and maybe put the $$ towards something really silly - like a GF-01 scaler/crawler. You know, as part of the "reduction" plan that involves selling small harmless and easily stored bits and replacing them with more expensive, larger and harder to store bits - like running cars.

Love this video! Shows what these little guys can do on scale appropriate terrain with a bit of careful driving. I'm not convinced that any of them except maybe the red FJ have any weight in the wheels at all - maybe not even that one.

Bakaguyjean, I have a couple of those black plastic pieces for the Grasshopper but they won't work. The don't sit quite right and once snugged down put a slight bind on the motor that will affect the gear mess, plus they are a bit too thick also. If you shim one side with a thin washer to even out the fit, then the pinion makes even less contact with the spur. I messed around with it for a fair while before concluding it was just a bad fitment and gave up. Plan B was a 540 lathe or crawler motor, but it looks like I've sourced an original plate. Thanks to Chevelle!

Go ahead, you want it and resistance is futile. These were great buggies and tough as old boots.

Anyone? $10 + shipping for the whole lot? I could clip all the parts off the parts trees and bang them in a small box to ship fairly cheaply. Figured with all the Boomers out there someone might want some new, unused spares. (The partial gears went to a light Hotshot refurb - new is always better, right...?)

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Yeah, I'm not going to lose my sanity over it (i.e. spending a $100 for a fender washer, LOL) and I've considered just banging a lathe motor in it and calling it a day. Not sure why the idea of making it period correct is so compulsive at the moment, maybe it is something in the water - wait, that's Flint Michigan. Foam washers to level out the body seems like the simple approach. Plus it will help silence the clattering of the hard body against the body post.

Thanks, Mark. That will make it easier to source one now that I can put a name/number to it!

I just found this, and although I don't read Polish (or Czech?) I think the auction is over, so I'll post the link. At any rate, I've bought from this US seller and just checked his current supply and it isn't listed. This is apparently what I'm looking for, and it explains why I couldn't see a black plastic adaptor plate. http://www.ebay.pl/itm/361435225198 Would still like to see a picture from the manual with the correct hardware, mounting instructions and such - if anyone has a scan or such it would be much appreciated.

Can someone please help with some know how, a picture or scan, other tips for the original motor installation for the stock 380 motor on a # 58038 Brat from 1983? I would like to put a 380 back in. I have a 380 motor with the pressed on brass 10t pinion that I believe is period correct but of course the mounting holes are narrower than a 540. In viewing period photos I can't see any plastic or metal adaptor plate on the vintage Brat, but there has to be one (doesn't there?), or else the 380 motors back then had a wider mounting bolt pattern? Anyone have a picture and/or part number to help me see how this was done? I only have a re-re manual and the small previews on the Home Page are too small for my old eyes to read. Also - seems like everyone ditched the 380 and installed a 540 back in the day, but the 540 silver can motor causes the passenger side of the hard body to ride noticeably higher. Was there a fix for this or did folks just live with it?

Anyone got a spare (used is fine) motor adaptor / mounting plate for the vintage Brat - the one that allowed the stock 380 motor to fit. I'm in the US. Edit: this is the part I'm looking for: http://www.ebay.pl/itm/361435225198

OK, you guys are either (a) a really BAD influence; or ( b ) a really GOOD influence. Either way, I'm blaming it all on you if the missus asks. Yeah, I just ordered a Tamiya Heavy Dump Truck from Tower (only $129 shipped!). Percymon, this one's on you buddy. Beef, you get some of the blame too. And the rest of you lot, too.

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Oh Gawd, will the Admins even allow another Heavy Dump build thread from you...? My sides still hurt from the last one.

I like Percymon's idea about just having a NIB kit to assemble - something with no muss, no fuss, no hunting for elusive resto parts or period upgrades, etc. Just a nice relaxing straight-forward build it like you bought it experience (except for bearings and a steel pinion of course). Just to put a smile on your face. Sounds delightful. Hmmm, excuse me gents, I think Tower Hobbies is calling my name.

I had your same theory Beef but it seems to have merged somehow into silliness and now I'm re-evaluating my theory. I used to run different cars in different places and stocked up on spares accordingly. Then somehow it began to border on ridiculous. Now I'm really making an effort to unload. My weak spot was buying a "spare" chassis for a donor when a good deal came along. Then key parts that might break, or hop-ups when the price was right. Then I started buying "job lots" or "junkyards" often with enough parts and upgrades to build entire cars and even to refit and restore the so-called donor cars. At one point I bought out nearly all of the Tamiya stock at ridiculously low prices from a hobby shop that was going out of business - even though I didn't have many of the models. Then I woke up one morning in a strange city only to discover I had been grazing on grass and berries and roaming totally naked in the city park for the last year mumbling about Tamiya themed tattoos with the pigeons and squirrels, and eventually I got to meet some nice law enforcement men with comfortingly vague smiles and nets. Okay, that last part didn't actually happen. Yet. (But I did buy out a hobby shop and several enormous lots of cars and parts, and ... well, it seems like the next step might be City Park and a Tamiya tattoo.)