What goes wrong with your Willy ?

[Percymon]

On a whim, browsing eBay during lunch break, I now have a WW2 on its way to me (oh boy, yet another project )

Impatient as ever, what are the weak points of this chassis and body.

I know the rear wheel and roll bar are missing (maybe not surprising, thats K and L parts required then) but what are the other areas to check out and which is the better pinion to use (18t or 20T) as I'd like a bit of wheelie action but no backflips with stock silver can.

Thanks

[IBIFTKH]

They're pretty tough little beasts. The spotlights are breakable, the winch is vulnerable and the driver's left arm can get torn off! I run mine with a (steel) 18t pinion, wheelies well but not mad fast.

[B.M.T.]

That's it. Swap out the bushes to bearings, keep an eye on the pinion and diff cup/out drive wear and that's it.

[Percymon]

Cheers guys

left arm is in place so thats a bonus !

I've got spare bearings

any idea what pitch the pinion is ?

will check the drive cups when it arrives

[spudtrooper37]

They are pretty tough.

The only thing that happened to mine was one of the 5mm ball joints on the servo saver worked loose, a bit of araldite did the trick.

Have fun :-)

[waterbok]

Not much weak point but lots of tuning possibilities

- steel .6 metric rrp pinion 18 or 20T

- torque tuned motor or sports tuned (got it with a 20T runs pretty ok )

- Motor Heat Sink

- ball bearings

- TL01 stainless shaft set 53301

- hardened diff shaft rear 53218

- high torque servo saver 51000

- oil shocks 53155 (really improves handling)

- strengtned B parts 0005757 (can be used to modify the front for use with 12mm hex, needs 54183 )

- light kit (3racing)

and ditch the winch.

and cvd's also should be available for the wr02 chassis, 54394 WR-02 Universal Shaft Set

Go Willy!

[Percymon]

Not much weak point but lots of tuning possibilities

- steel .6 metric rrp pinion 18 or 20T

- torque tuned motor or sports tuned (got it with a 20T runs pretty ok )

- Motor Heat Sink

- ball bearings

- TL01 stainless shaft set 53301

- hardened diff shaft rear 53218

- high torque servo saver 51000

- oil shocks 53155 (really improves handling)

- strengtned B parts 0005757 (can be used to modify the front for use with 12mm hex, needs 54183 )

- light kit (3racing)

and ditch the winch.

and cvd's also should be available for the wr02 chassis, 54394 WR-02 Universal Shaft Set

Go Willy!

Wow - as ever there's a huge hop-up/improvement path, but for once i might leave this one simply as Mr T intended - i'm all too quick to upgrade my models and hence hardly ever run them in original form.

[waterbok]

Well gues why Mr T. makes all these hop-up parts.

We are just his little junkies

:D

Can really recommend oil shocks (besides the obvious bearings and steel pinion)

[Skottoman]

I run mine stock around my backyard, and it's been fine. Only thing that's happened is a step screw holding a lower shock eye worked it's way loose.

They're pretty durable chassis, and with a silvercan, are just fine for what they were intended for.

Of course you could oil dampen it, put a brushless in, metal pinon, etc, and away you go!

Cheers,

Skottoman

[Percymon]

Well i don;t think i'll be throwing £70 worth of oil shocks, £33 of CVDs and £10 of diff cups at it, not at UK prices anyway !

Stella comes in at £49+postage for the lot, which is more than i paid for Willy in the first place. With other replacement parts that will no doubt be required its coul end up a £130 build, which while still cheaper than a new stock kit, is a bit out of scope at present.

Steel pinion for now then

[spudtrooper37]

Get a set of Ansmann 55mm dampers of ebay for about £8 pair :-)

[tonysmini]

Ansmann shocks, maybe with the original shock springs, thicker oil in them, steel pinion and a sport tuned motor, or a Lipo battery, that's all I did to my old one and it was great.

[IBIFTKH]

I use the Ansmann 63mm shocks on mine, £15.50 for four from Time Tunnel. Use with kit springs or touring car springs. Though I think the one you bought had some sort of hop-up shocks anyway?

[Percymon]

I use the Ansmann 63mm shocks on mine, £15.50 for four from Time Tunnel. Use with kit springs or touring car springs. Though I think the one you bought had some sort of hop-up shocks anyway?

Hey Rob - you are right ! - the photo isn't the best, but the shocks fitted don't look stock for sure. Will see what arrives, especially given that I can already see a non standard ESC, RX and the tyres are fitted backwards !!

In the meantime I've spotted the 3racing TA05 55mm damper set at a good price from HK which might be quite nice if i go for a sassy blue colour scheme