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Tamiya TR-15T GP Stadium Truck (#44001) Restoration

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Hi All, B)

after years of wait and thanks to a nice TC fellow i'm the happy owner of a TR-15T the first nitro car produced by Tamiya #44001. The car was born as street racing truck and share some parts with the more famous Dyna Storm (transmission, C hubs, and some front end parts). The engine is an FS.15 (2,5 cc) nitro engine with side exaust, rotary carb and pull start.
The car arrived with Acoms radio gear, lots of spares, a clear body with a NIB decal sheet and a NIB set of Tires (x4) .
Even if is a super rare car and spares are very hard to find my plan is to make it a runner..!
I really look forward to the first test run.
Considering there is not much history about this car I decided to share my restoration on the forum before adding it to my showroom clean and restored.

Hope you will find it interesting.

The car is now restored (03/30/2011), you can CLICK HERE to see all the detailed pics in my showroom.

The car and spares out of the box.

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Feb 7 2011
Lets start to strip down the car. Seems that it never had a clean....... :o

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Rear End - OMG!! :blink:

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Front

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Back on the car

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Finally the end! B)

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To be continued.......... B)

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I'll be following this thread with avid interest.

I remember seeing these in the shops (early 90s?). My LHS in Banbury had one on the shelf.

I had a Stadium Blitzer at the time and wanted one of these badly, or maybe my memory is failing me, maybe I couldn't afford one of these so bought the Blitzer instead, either way, I have still never seen a built one in the flesh.

When I first discovered TamiyaClub a couple of years ago the TR15 was one of the first trucks I looked up on the database - took me ages to find it as I couldn't remember what it was called! I soon realised how rare they were when I found the entry!

Good luck with this resto!

Olly

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A little update. :)

It's time to start the clean of parts........ Sorry for not perfect picture quality but my workbench it's not the best place to take pics..... :(

What i use to do it? B)
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Let's start with transmission.

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Strip down transmission. As you see it's the same as the Dyna Storm one made of a stronger material and with a different shaft.

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And open the Diff.

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To be continued......... B)

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That is one cool truck . I would like one of those- maybe in the future :P .I had a similar resto job with my HPI MT2 truck it was covered with sand and never been cleaned .Can't wait to see this finished ;)

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looking forward to the rest of this thread

i didn't know Tamiya ever made Nitro cars

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Looks like an awesome project! :lol: I'm not a big Nitro fan, but being from the Dyna Storm family, this is one of those few that I do like - not to mention that I like the looks of the truck :angry:

If you need any parts, I have loads of spares. I sold all my TR15-T chassis parts to you at the time, but if you need anything else Dyna-ish :(

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I think Tony has the largest selection of TR-15T parts listed on ebay, but NOT the largest collection of parts anywhere :lol: (Sorry Tony)

We have lots of TR-15T parts, including all the engine parts too, right down to little springs, rods, screws, the lot.

http://vintage-tamiyaparts.com/CMS/advance...j00e886pp9ctm96

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/vintage-tamiyapar...;_sid=224400140

Plus the wheels/tyres etc etc.

2 of our suppliers also have thousands of parts for TR-15T should there be specific parts your after as we dont keep that many TR-15T parts in stock (some sold and some not that popular so we dont stock them unless people ask for them, then we order them in as people need them).

All the best with the resto, if you keep going as your doing now, its going to be a minter i think!.

Here is a List of TR-15T parts available from one of our suppliers (just drop the "1" from parts numbers), most are available with exception of Body/Decals i think.

10004066 A Parts

10004067 C Parts

10004068 D Parts

10004070 F Parts

10004071 H Parts

10005496 B Parts (1pc.)

10114006 J Parts

10114007 K Parts

10225072 X Parts

10225073 Y Parts

11054095 Instructions

11824001 Body N/A

13454010 Main Shaft

13454011 Flywheel

13454012 Clutch Bell

13554006 Flywheel

14004002 Lower Deck

14024001 Mechanisme Deck

14135041 Universal Shaft (1pc)

15005066 Clutch Spring

15404001 Engine Mount

15404002 Angled Mount

15405028 Clutch Housing

15415003 Brake Caliper

15494001 Plug Wrench

15700060 1060 Flanged Ball Bearing

16095001 Antenna Pipe (38cm)

19004041 (0004041) E Parts

19334033 Spur Gear Bag (66T)

19335123 Gear Bag

19404083 Tool Bag (Grease )

19404084 Metal Bearing Bag

19404085 Mount Bag

19404086 Ball Connector Bag

19404087 Shaft Bag

19404088 Rod Bag

19404089 Gear Box Parts Bag

19404090 Press Parts Bag (R & F Damper Stay)

19404091 Adjuster Bag

19404092 Damper Bag (Damper Oil)

19404093 Pipe Bag (Exhaust Pipe)

19464023 Screw Bag A

19464024 Screw Bag B

19464025 Screw Bag C

19464026 Screw Bag D

19464027 Screw Bag E

19494010 Sticker Bag (a,b, Masking Seal) N/A

19805442 Diff Joint A & B

19805443 Wheel Hub Bag

19805471 Knuckle Arm Bag

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Hi, Thanks a lot for your post and spares offers, i'm sure we will deal a little in next weeks....... B)

A little update about the resto, very little time to dedicate in these days..... :(

Chassis rear arms and roll bar are now clean and ready to be assembled.

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Diff clean and degreased, will be rebuilt soon.

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Hope to be able to work during the week end.

To be continued.....

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Had not much time for the TR but the work is in progess......

Front end stripped and cleaned + Rear end screw and pins cleaned

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Gas Tank and fuel filter cleaned and degreased

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Front steering stripped cleaned and ready to receive ball bearings (4 x 850) instead of bronze ones.

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Front Bumber and bits

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I'm now very near to rebuilt, i just have to strip and clean the radio lid..... B)

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Not much time in the past days but a little bit more was done.

Radio tray stripped and cleaned

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Then my attention to the clutch that was in bad and gummed up condition with also some rust on plates.

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A good clean, degrease and wet sanding on all plates even the "fiber" ones gave a very good result or at least enough for the TR. Wet sanding the clutch plates it's a good trick to have the Tamiya MDC clutch works perfect and i used it a lot on my Dyna Storm racer, if i needed it in perfect conditions i had to wet sand also between morning and afternoon races or before finals, it depends on track and weather conditions.

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Last but not least another little trick to eliminate any kind of play on bearing housings, after a good degrease use a little of Bostik (don't know if it has the same name all over the world...) on a toothpick around the bearing housing wait some seconds and put the bearing back, this has to be done also on the shafts that works inside bearings and you can say good bye to any kind of play. Works great also on vintage transmissions like the Sand Scorcher ones. Don't worry it's very easy to remove....... B)

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Clutch rebuilt and ready to be assembled back on the car.

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That's all for today, next will be Ball Diff rebuilt.

Bye
WWD

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Great thread!

Out of curiosity I searched TamiyaUSA for the truck, and it looks like they have a LOT of parts still available.

Most of them are on a serious discount. Things like muffler and fuel tank are just $4 each!

http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/rcpss.php...mp;kit_id=44001

Cheers,

Skottoman

TamiyaUSA indeed have loads of Dyna series spares for a distributor - They even have the Dyna Storm upper CARBON decks in stock from what I remember ^_^ The lower deck however is another thing altogether to come across :)

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It time for an important part of the car the Ball Diff......

The TR-15T has the same Diff as the Dyna Storm, simple but effective. Before rebuilt it's very important to properly prepare all parts clean and totally degreased (done!) and diff plates wet sanded (see picture below).

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Then check to have all the products needed for a good work, quality products will give you a problem free ball diff, here below what i used for it:

- RCLazy 3mm Ceramic balls (top quality)
- Asso Diff Lube the perfect stuff to use between pressure disks and diff plates
- Schumacher Silicone Diff Lube, fantastic for balls and diff plates (balls side)
- Asso Black Grease the only one for trust bearings B)
- Sand paper

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Ready to be assembled.

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Done and silky smoooooooth........! B)

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We are now ready to close the transmission; as before i used the Bostik trick to eliminate bearings play, another one to fix "loose" screws when they "work" in plastic, like the one that close the transmission. On gears i used some Tamiya Ceramic Grease, it works very well on plastic gears.

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To fix loose screw use a toothpick with a drop of Cyano glue and put it inside the screw halve turning around the toothpick do this a couple of time wait for the cyano to be dry and then you will be able to close again your screw tight.

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Trasmission is done!

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Now is time to assemble all the chassis.

To be continued......

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Great stuff. That is alot work but I am sure a alot of fun. Cleaning off nitro gunk is not so easy. You have great results. Gearbox looks excellent.

I particularly like............

HOLY metal polish!! :):o:lol:-_-

coooool

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Great stuff. That is alot work but I am sure a alot of fun. Cleaning off nitro gunk is not so easy. You have great results. Gearbox looks excellent.

I particularly like............

HOLY metal polish!! :D:rolleyes:B):D

coooool

Thx mate! Always nice to hear from you.

Yes i think you really know that gearbox...... ;)

Bye

WWD

:)

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Some update about the restoration.

Starting to assemble the clean chassis back, it start to look nice. B)

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C-Hubs back again with Bostik on bearings!

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Back on chassis

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And it's now time to take care of shocks, always have some Asso Green Slime in your hand before you start working on shocks.....
Decided to go with stock Tamiya oil instead of Losi or Team Associated oils i use on race cars, a litte too soft but ok for the use.

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C U Soon! B)
WWD
:)

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Now is time to have the front end back on the chassis with the steering system.

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Ok! Chassis is now back again ready for the radio and motor.

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Ando also the Radio mechanism deck is done!

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It's now engine time with a total strip clean and rebuilt. This will be a tuff work considering engine condition.............

Stay tuned for the engine resto.

Bye
WWD
:)

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Very nice restoration! Did you consider an electric conversion, or would that be blasfemy?

Thanks for sharing and keep us posted!!!

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great work! Nitro models are a nightmare to keep clean! i recall my experiences with them and you could have driven one through an operating theatre and it would still be covered in gunk and grit?! :blink:

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great work! Nitro models are a nightmare to keep clean! i recall my experiences with them and you could have driven one through an operating theatre and it would still be covered in gunk and grit?! :blink:

Before or after a bad performance? :lol:

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Very nice restoration! Did you consider an electric conversion, or would that be blasfemy?

Thanks for sharing and keep us posted!!!

Thanks a lot for your post, but please don't ask me an electric conversion on it.......... :P

If you want to see something very similar and electric you have just to go for a Dyna Blaster. B)

great work! Nitro models are a nightmare to keep clean! i recall my experiences with them and you could have driven one through an operating theatre and it would still be covered in gunk and grit?! :D

Yes you are right, but generally what you say happens if the engine is old and not well mantained (gaskets, o-rings, seals....), on well mantained nitro cars i can have "clean" runs.....

I'll try to rebuilt this engine at best and we will see what happens at firts start up....... :P

Following this topic you will know..... :D

Bye

WWD

:)

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