Newbomb

I have Nitro Rustler from 1997-8 Ibelieve. I was 12 and I stripped the cooling head or engine threads where the glowplug goes. How do Ireplace this? Do they even make parts for it anymore? Can Iswap in a newer bigger engine without changing anything? Or should I just buy a new truck?

Thanks!

The_Collector

You would need to replace the cylinder head. Lots of used ones available. eBay will have them, and Tower carries the replacement part. Traxxas part no. 4032.

Newbomb

Do you think it's worth keeping?

Nesal

I recently got back into rc and used to have a rustler in 1998. I got a Jato and a Hyper7 and then decided to put some cash into getting the rustler up and running again, I got a new trx .15 and I can honestly say that if I could go back in time I would get a new truck instead of investing more money into that one. I have put about 350$ into it and it runs fine now (ended up ditching the new trx .15 and got a different engine and got it to fit after some heavy modification) but it breaks a lot because the plastic is old and some parts are weak etc... so most of the 350$ is parts I didnt plan on changing because I thought they were ok and of course 2 engines, but both were cheap, about 100$ each,
Forget it man, get a new truck!

The_Collector

I have had a complete opposite experience. The Rustler's I used to own were great, especially when I put an O.S. in one. Heck, those were the early trucks too, with the bronze aluminum and old-style parts. I eventually sold them just because I have too much stuff sitting around.