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RE: Redcat vehicle repair/tune FAQ - 7/15/2006 6:42:32 PM   
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I tried almost everything but still i am not able to prime the engine.

I noticed one aspect which i am not sure is normal or usually happens...When i pour few drops of fuel in the carb..i notice that it drips out from near the clutch bell. I guess its something wrong here ...so what shuld i do..?? I

Things i checked..

The fuel line is clear of any puncture.
The silicon exhaust connector is tight.
I close the exhaust with a finger to prime
Throttle is in idle.
Glow plug is nice and tight.

The exhaust gasket that i chaged due to a rip off is sealed well.

Pl help.

Thank you

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RE: Redcat vehicle repair/tune FAQ - 7/16/2006 7:00:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		Wow... hmm, you could have a bad seal on the bearings in the engine block. If that's the case i don't know how to fix that. Maybe someone else on here with more engine experience could help you?
All I know is that there are a few bearings that the crankshaft slides into and that's what seals up the front of the engine. If you've got a leak there you may have to change those bearings. I've never even taken those things apart before just because I've been scared to mess with the seal.
Can you still get the engine to run fine? Or is only the priming that you're having trouble with?

If all else fails you could buy one of these and just attach it to your fuel line:


Here's the link for it on eBay

You can probably find it cheaper than that. Just go to the rc section on ebay and type in primer and a whole bunch should pop up. Good luck man.

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RE: Redcat vehicle repair/tune FAQ - 7/17/2006 11:25:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thank you for all the input. That fuel primer, i did not knw one existed like that !! What a great place this is !!

I tried cleaning the fuel tank and it seemed to prime just fine.

Hope that was the only issue and not what i originally thought leak near the crank gasket.

I am now battleing to tune my engine. It does not sound like it shuld. When i accel more, i feel its starving ( it cuts off ) and when i open needle a bit more, its pretty sluggish !! Eventually before i hit peak winter here in NH , i hope i would have figured it out and ready for the next summer i guess !!

thank you

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RE: Redcat vehicle repair/tune FAQ - 7/18/2006 12:32:35 AM   
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Status: offline 		well, The LHS didn't have the HPI, or the Traxxas clutch spring, he gave me a Hot Bodies that he said "should work". It was about 1/4" longer, a little thicker, with a lot more tension than stock, but stayed within grove (except where the clutch pin's were). Finally got a chance to take it out today...Not sure if it's the new fuel, or the stiffer clutch spring, but she ran a tad warm, although I had it extremely rich by the time I was done tuning...Oh yeah, and she was a lot more sluggish, but I got to run another 2 1/2 tanks of fuel before I did a spectacular barrel roll where I saw parts go flying...Gear mesh was good, I cleaned it up real good when I took it apart. Oh yeah, I was playing around with things 'cause it sat a little low for my gravel driveway...The spring spacers that came with my son's Stadium Maxx fit awesome, and worked well, except I had the medium one's on his, so I had to try it with either very little, or stiff (I opted for the stiff...probably helped with my barrel roll's...LOL)...Thanks again for everything guys.

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RE: Redcat vehicle repair/tune FAQ - 7/18/2006 12:29:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		Barrels rolls are the best. I love doing them with my volcano.


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RE: Redcat vehicle repair/tune FAQ - 7/18/2006 4:43:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		I can say I was honestly surprised by the durability of my syclone. I have a narrow gravel driveway that drop's off on one side into tree's and a house on the other, some more gravel for parking in back, and a "nice" hiking trail going up a hill through some woods till it peaks out at the town hiking trail...a couple high speed misses where the driveway dropped off, and I got too far off to bring it back in, a few head on's down this hill into tree's, and a couple barrel roll's ending at the log's that keep the real cars from backing into tree's or off the little drop off, and the only problems I had was a rock getting stuck between the steering linkage and the frame, and the last one (I stopped thought it was worse than it was), where I saw parts flying and it turned out to be just my exhaust pipe...

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RE: Redcat vehicle repair/tune FAQ - 7/19/2006 12:25:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Guys, I have a vocano sv. Love the thing, however i seem to have another problem the vehicle will start, but when i give it gas it doesnt want to move. I think its a gear problem, but i want to be sure.

Thanks in advance.


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RE: Redcat vehicle repair/tune FAQ - 7/19/2006 3:21:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		Haha I think you may have just stripped your first gear. Congrats and welcome to the club

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RE: Redcat vehicle repair/tune FAQ - 7/19/2006 5:02:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		I figured as much, are redcats more prone to this or is this just a common occurance with nitro cars? I guess its time to take the thing apart. O, one more question, are there any metal gears available or am i stuck with the composite?

Thanks,


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RE: Redcat vehicle repair/tune FAQ - 7/19/2006 7:06:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		I'm keeping my mouth shut about the stripped gears...I guess I'm too superstitious...LOL...Although I'm trying to see what I can figure out for better gears...

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RE: Redcat vehicle repair/tune FAQ - 7/29/2006 4:09:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hey everyone, I have a question for all of you. I am a newbie to nitro and am still learning so I need help. RC is a Tornado XP.

I read somewhere on here something about making sure the piston is down after I am done running the car. My question is how do I check for that and if it is not down, how do I get it to go down. Probably an easy answer for the pros but for a noob like me it's not

Thanks in advance guys.

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RE: Redcat vehicle repair/tune FAQ - 7/29/2006 5:13:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		take the glow plug out and turn the flywheel you can see it when you flip car over almost right under enginecounter clockwise untill it hit bottom

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RE: Redcat vehicle repair/tune FAQ - 7/29/2006 2:19:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		hello whats the best radio and servos for redcat volcano stx

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RE: Redcat vehicle repair/tune FAQ - 7/29/2006 4:06:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		man do a search there is like 20 pages pf good info here there has been like a least 5 post regarding radios i just dont know were there at so search see what you get

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RE: Redcat vehicle repair/tune FAQ - 7/30/2006 2:06:05 PM   
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