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Old 05-08-2005 | 10:02 PM
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JayzLST
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From: Edm, MT
Default Possible Reciever Failure

I've got a problem that progressively got worse over the past 3 days. During day 1 the truck would glitch the throttle servo and the failsafe would kick in about 2-3 times per tank, hadn't happened before but I figure there was just some interference. By the end of day 2 it was now glitching about every 5 minutes and now affecting the shift and steering servos, so I switched channels three times but no help, I also pulled the failsafe but no help there either. Moving on to day 3 the glitching had gotten even worse to the point of actually shifting the truck into reverse a couple times and the glitching was now happening about every minute or two. I went through a tank trying to figure it out, shortly into the next tank all the servos would die (stop moving) then come back to life. It did this for about half a tank, before stopping completely. If I turned the power switch on and off at first it would revive the servos and make them work again but only for about 30 seconds and that only worked about 3 times after that it didn't matter, it seemed to have a mind of its own.
I use a standard battery pack 6v and typically charged it every two tanks while trying to figure this out, the transmitter got charged about every 4 tanks. I connected 4AAs to remove the power switch as a problem as well. The glitching and ultimately complete failure happened regardless if the truck was running or not which removes engine vibration as a cause as far as I can tell. If there is anyone that can give me more suggestions on things to try I would appreciate it.