Assembling The Gearbox On A Lunchbox

[Kieran]

Hi All,

First tamiya kit I've built and I'm having great fun.

Just one question I though someone might be able to help me with with in the gear bag their is an odd cog/component which I can't seem to locate within the instruction manual!

I have attached the picture with the item circled could someone point me in the right direction?

Many thanks

[TA-Mark]

I found exactly the same thing with mine. The odd gear is also in the Grasshopper re-re gear bag, so now I have 2 and no idea what they are for. The pitch of the gear doesn't match anything on either chassis.

A Tamiya mystery part.

Cheers, Mark

[Blacque Jacque]

It's the idler gear from Wild Willy et al.

Another example of Tamiya using common parts bags where they can, the parts bag is used in all this lot:

Wild Willy

Audi Quattro Rally

Opel Ascona

Willy's Wheeler

Grasshopper

Mitsubishi Pajero

Hornet

Vanessa's Lunch Box

Midnight Pumpkin

And all the re-re's

[Kieran]

HI,

Thanks for clearing that up

[markbt73]

I used 2 of them to make "air filters" for the carburetors on my Parma Hemi Coupe...

Hemi Coupe engine

[Saito]

Great use for the "mystery gear"! I had that question since '87 when I assembled my first Lunchie. Interesting tidbit. That gearset represents Tamiya's first off road gear differential assembly. Odd how their first gear diff proved to be one of their strongest.

[kontemax]

Great use for the "mystery gear"! I had that question since '87 when I assembled my first Lunchie. Interesting tidbit. That gearset represents Tamiya's first off road gear differential assembly. Odd how their first gear diff proved to be one of their strongest.

Because is one of the bigger.

Kontemax