ORIGINAL: ScRacing
you got a lemon, a standard with traxxas and the erp plan...
BS!!
Some people are so anti Traxxas they'll take any oppertunity to slam them - even at the expense of the truth.
Blackdogafd
It's a brand new engine. It's not unusual for the p/s fit to be so tight that the piston sticks at the top. It's not a bad thing at all.
What you do is to free up the piston from the sleeve, reassemble the engine with the piston at BDC, put a small drop of ARO in the sleeve when you put it back togeather, put the motor back into the truck, get it all ready to start then take a hair dryer or heat gun and pre heat the engine, get it good and warm. Now, try starting it. Once you get it started do your break-in. When ever you shut the engine off be sure the piston is at BDC or it could sieze up again as it cools.