Replacement 959/celica Gr.b Tubing?

[Gruntfuggly]

Does anybody know if it's possible to find replacement tubes - the flexible parts - for the dampers?

[homerboi]

Does anybody know if it's possible to find replacement tubes - the flexible parts - for the dampers?

The vinyl tubing can be picked up at your hardware store - usually sold by the foot - 0.025 inch outer diameter tubing.

[WillyChang]

PVC tubing... thought they were just "airline" for aquariums.

Don't use silicone fuel tube if you're using oil-based shock fluid, silicone will swell & fall off (big mess).

But if you're filling with a silicone fluid then nitro's fuel-tube will work ok.

(Dubro even sells little clamp clips for fuel lines...)

[homerboi]

PVC tubing... thought they were just "airline" for aquariums.

Don't use silicone fuel tube if you're using oil-based shock fluid, silicone will swell & fall off (big mess).

But if you're filling with a silicone fluid then nitro's fuel-tube will work ok.

(Dubro even sells little clamp clips for fuel lines...)

According to the 959/Celica user manual, the damper tubing is vinyl.

Oil-based shock fluid would not work very well (from my recollection) for RC - viscosity would change with temperature and would most likely gunk up.

[Gruntfuggly]

Thanks guys - I'll see what I can find....

[crispy]

My LHS had a nice range of tinted vinyl tubing in their aircraft section. I picked the blue tint to go with the Rothmans blue theme of the 959....

http://tamiyaclub.com/pictureframe.asp?t=n...004224409_3.jpg

Rich

[Gruntfuggly]

That looks pretty cool. Cheers Rich - I'll look into that too...