Original Top Force - Should I bother?

[Percymon 2184]

Get the list up and i'll see what i can do for you

If you can reference the part numbers SA4, C1 etc from the manual that would help greatly

[Adamcurrie 34]

Couple of stressed plastic bits

[waterbok 1282]

I dont know about shipment from UK to down under, but it may be more economical and easier to score a decent rere Manta Ray or other DF01 chassis localy for little money and get a new J-parts sprue, that should cover most of the (plastic) parts that you need to replace.

[Percymon 2184]

OK Adam, this is what i have, you can have this lot for the cost of the postage (at a guess ca £7 BGP to Aus ?)..

Rear gearbox (main section , rear plate and top plate) - used but sound

Motor mount - used but sound - still recommend you upgrade to a alloy one mind

rear body post bracket - used but good

J3 deck support - used but good

used bumper - scuffed but better than you have

used gear, shaft and shaft bushing x 2

screw pins for front hub/upright x 3

Used 3 x 42mm steering rod with one correct rod end and one incorrect bu functionally OK

New J5 posts x 4

New J1/J8 steering arms

New J12 post

New J14 battery end stop/frame

I also have a new set of decals, £10GBP when added to above

[waterbok 1282]

Ace, Percymon.

Noticed the J5's you mentioned, never saw them on my second hand TFs, but they are on the J parts sprues I got.

Do you know what they are for? maybe saddle pack posts. (they are greyed out in the manual)

[Percymon 2184]

Ace, Percymon.

Noticed the J5's you mentioned, never saw them on my second hand TFs, but they are on the J parts sprues I got.

Do you know what they are for? maybe saddle pack posts. (they are greyed out in the manual)

No idea unless they are for the Evo ?

[waterbok 1282]

Nope got three of those, no J5s there. (great this means a night without sleep till I find out what Tamiya thought there )

I still think they were intended for some kind of saddle pack construction. mmm

[Percymon 2184]

Nope got three of those, no J5s there. (great this means a night without sleep till I find out what Tamiya thought there )

I still think they were intended for some kind of saddle pack construction. mmm

I can't see the parts well enough in this article to substantiate your thoughts, but you might be right, or perhaps the sprue moulding included prototype or future model parts that were never used in reality ?

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/article.asp?id=262

[Adamcurrie 34]

Just tried the list and failed, formatting was atrocious. I'll have to play with it.

About the J5's I remember thinking the same thing about the saddle pack, think the idea was to use a standard size strap to hold them down. Never bothered though.

[Adamcurrie 34]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AkdGxrP8IKC0dHVDVlI4U3JiekdZZUFsN3JtcW5JNHc&single=true&gid=0&output=html&widget=true

[Adamcurrie 34]

cant seem to embed it but does the shared google doc work?

[MAD RACER 566]

Those battery brackets are for saddle l packs I feel. I made my own up for my Top Force runner which I built up from my left over parts from my restored Rays .

Awesome runners.

Glad to see you are doing a rebuild on it.

[Adamcurrie 34]

Was thinking about going brushless....

[Adamcurrie 34]

Some assembly (and cleaning) required.

[Adamcurrie 34]

I love this! My first Tamiya was a Hotshot II, I wanted a Boomerang but was given that instead. I didn't appreciate it as much as I should have although I loved it. The silver box looked great, wish I'd kept it but it never made it when we moved here from the UK. I still have the manual but the car was given away many years ago.

[lentner3 281]

Another model to go on my wish list 😩

[Adamcurrie 34]

You know that ball diff nylon part that you put the tiny balls in? Despite meticulous care of my diff parts during disassembly, it appears as though it's in the cat.......

[Percymon 2184]

No worries Adam, I've got one of those

[waterbok 1282]

You know that ball diff nylon part that you put the tiny balls in? Despite meticulous care of my diff parts during disassembly, it appears as though it's in the cat.......

You could replace that part with the ballbearing that is in other diffs (f103 part no 53136) is a good improvement.

[Adamcurrie 34]

You could replace that part with the ballbearing that is in other diffs (f103 part no 53136) is a good improvement.

Thanks waterbok, I've bought a couple of them. Just have to wait now. (ordered my first part for the rebuild )

No worries Adam, I've got one of those

Percymon, nooooo I'm accepting too much already. The J parts you're helping me with especially is really appreciated. You don't have a J4 by chance? Looks like I bolted mine down directly (or the cat will have to go to the vet).

I'm not touching the egress until this one is working, **** it's hard.

[Percymon 2184]

I'll check on J4 for you

[Percymon 2184]

Hi Adam - yes I do have a new J4 which i'll add to the package.

[waterbok 1282]

Hi Adam - yes I do have a new J4 which i'll add to the package.

and a little more and you have a complete kit on its way

[Percymon 2184]

and a little more and you have a complete kit on its way

still room in the 9" x 9" x 2" shipping box

[Adamcurrie 34]

and a little more and you have a complete kit on its way

I hope some of it will still be my trusty old top force. I really hope the cat hasn't eaten my bits, but he's the most likely culprit.

Hi Adam - yes I do have a new J4 which i'll add to the package.

Percymon, thank you again.