muck76

orings in the spinldes solves the popped out dog bones..

sjameson5547

ah, very nice

GEEMAXX01

OK! I now see the problem I was having after reading your post HALESK! The truck ran away from me as well after it flipped over it was acting twitchy and then it ran away at mid speed and hit a curb. I attached a fail safe to mine and added a small piece of foam to the battery case to help the batteries stay snug that thin plastic piece wasn’t doing the job. I though it was the radio that was causing the glitch I was in a wide open park with little interference and that makes all the sense in the world the way the truck was acting it was like having low RX voltage. I will try the AAA mod as well once I get the right part from CEN they sent me body mounts instead of the shock tower I needed.LOL So I hope to get the shock tower by this weekend and I will post the results if the foam in the battery case helps. Are there any RX battery packs I can buy that are already assembled that would fit with no mods? Thanks for the good info on this forum you guys have been a lot of help!

broncojd

if anyone is interested, i'm selling my mg16 along with every nitro accessory i have. it is listed in the market place.

it8ezbngrn

.Tower has the stock bodies on closeout for $6.84

it8ezbngrn

Closeout prices on all MG stuff that is left at Tower. Stock up.

bronx boy

My new cen mg16 mt came today .The on off switch was dead right out of the box not a good sign.Went right to hobby shop got new switch with charge cord .Chucked the old switch rigged up a new hump pack under the radio box .So far so good will have to figure a better setup for now its ok but ugly.The engine was real tight was yanking my brains out said screw this put on a tiger drive model s702 it works perfect.The carb settings were a little off would not start raised the idle open hsn 1/2 turn backed out lsn 1/8 hit the starter and it went right off . I have a assoc pull start manifold and a tower st15 tuned pipe looks like a easy fit .

muck76

i wanted to try a CRT.5 pipe on it. The pipe is short enough to not hit the front tires.

I kind of wish i had put the wheelie bars on when i had the AE rear pipe, it would have solved the issue of the output nipples getting filled with dirt from the wheelies...

bronx boy

Already sent for wheelie bar and bearings also have a short aluminium pipe i found in my parts bin off of somthing will try that also .My stock mgt 3.0 flat pipe looks promising also it has a hugh outlet

serion

hi can some one make me a battery mod and give me the price before make so i can pay and **** lol
im having trouble with mine right now i just started with nitro and bought mine used but it was working fine when i first used it but the battery shook out of place and servos turned off and it took off into a bush/tree fell over and now it wont start at all it ran for about 3 mins till i got to the other side of the bush and turned it off but now it wont start at all can i get some help plz. thx in advance

muck76

first thing i would do is to check your glow plug and make sure it is still good. If the truck was upside down, it ran out of fuel and went lean. It may have burned out the plug from going lean. If changing that does not work, then you may have to chek the pinch of the piston by pulling the motor apart. You need to take very special care to do that.

As far as battery mod, i have not looked at lipo replacement, but that may be an idea. I assume you had the batteries in the stock place? First you need to glue the metal prongs down in the battery holder. They come loose and cause this. Second, i would use Energizer Lithium AAs, i use them for other electronics and they work great. My battery mod worked fine, but i think may have been a little over kill. I also see people wiring in another AA and stuffing it in the receiver case. If you can solder, that would be a way.

Let us know how the motor fairs out. I have an electric version of this truck and miss my nitro. I have been thinking of picking one up..

serion

i just had it going for a lil bit but then it died out right away it idleing to high right now so im gonna go to my LHS and get them to fix everything and pick some good lithium batteries up

muck76

sounds good. Keep us posted on what they find.
Also a fail safe would not have worked if the battery fell out, but do you have failsafe if you get out of range or low battery? Would still be a good idea.

serion

so i took it in today and they said it might be blown engine it gonna cost me 120 cad or something i glued the batter pack with super glue lol i dont want to have this happen again thx guys for all the help.

muck76

i'd call CEN and see what they can do for you. they have some kind of engine replacment plan.
Other wise pick up an Os engine and get the proper flywheel and crank nut from CEN and run that.

Stampedekid

Hey guys I'm thinking of getting one as my next nitro and I want to know what you all think of it. Are parts readily available. Is it fun? Will it be able to outrun my Nitro Stampede or no?(of course not my BL Slash though but I'm more interested in its top speed and bash ability) Amainhobbies has an amazing deal on them for $139.99 and I'm a member there all I need is money and I'll have $150 next month($50 for my b-day and $100 for graduating 8th grade). So are they well worth it? Thanks in advance guys!

muck76

Cen stock all parts and Atomic Hobbies on ebay stocks a lot also.

Will it outrun a n-pede, depends on the engine in the pede i guess. I liked my MG. It was a fun minimal hassle nitro. I of course wanted to take it above and beyond stock.... similar to my brushless electric version of this truck... Parts do break and there are not a lot of hop ups out there for stronger parts. I had minimal breaks with the MG, but my Me16 has not faired as well.

Here is a vid of mine stock, no mods but the RX battery and bearings.
http://s125.photobucket.com/albums/p...t=f5703891.pbr

Stampedekid

Seems like the truck for me!

muck76

i ran traxaxs 20% on it. It was a bit oily of an oil for it, but performance did not suffer that i noticed.

serion

i got a call from the hobby shop they said my engine has lost it compression getting a new engine and i want power so what should i get.

muck76

Cen .18 or OS .18 and the CEN hop up
http://cgi.ebay.com/CEN-MG16-MG10-PERFORMANCE-KIT-18-Flywheel-Clutchbell_W0QQitemZ270339518465QQcmdZViewItemQQpt ZRadio_Control_Parts_Accessories?hash=item3ef17db0 01&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A13 18|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...2102&search=Go

camo51

hey guys. check out this tuned pipe.... increases performance on all ranges and wond desfigure you MG16 [img]C:\Documents and Settings\RCA\My Documents\minitruck\mg16[/img][:-][img]C:\Documents and Settings\RCA\My Documents\minitruck\mg16[/img]

it8ezbngrn

Simple fail safe.

Use a spring that has enough pull to pull the servo back to nuetral/brake. Of course it puts some effort on your servo but it works if you battery goes dead or falls out etc. plus its cheap.

camo51

how the heck do I post pics here??

muck76

Photobucket is the way i do it. Just copy the .img link they offer..