Ijust bought a used Traxxas Stampede VXL off of Ebay. The previous owner cut the connector off of what I assume is the ESC that connects to the battery pack and removed the Traxxas battery connector and spliced a Tamiya connector on it. Then he did the same thing to the battery that is with this truck. I assume he had some cars that had Tamiya connectors and he wanted everything to be compatible. My question is will this be a problem? Should I buy Traxxas connections and "fix" what he changed? I have heard that if you use an adapter to connect a Traxxas ESC to a Tamiya batter in your truck that you will melt the connection. Is that true if instead of the adapter you splice Tamiya connectors where there use to be Traxxas connectors? Thanks! Mike

I would definitely switch over to the TRX plug, Deans Plug, or EC3 plug. Those old style Tamiya connectors melt pretty easily under the heavy amp draw of todays brushless motors.

He probably wanted to keep the plugs for something else. If he didn't specifically tell you he was doing it then he screwed you over. Plus, when you say "splice" did he actually just splice them or solder them?

Do NOT use a wimpy Tamiya/molex connector on a brushless setup, that motor can pull 50+ amps.........It'll be toast..........Get some proper traxxas connectors and solder them on, then shrink wrap them. Those adapter connectors are really meant for charging your batts with a charger that has molex.

And if he didnt share with the buying public on e-bay that he changed them from stock to crap, then he owes you something............maybe a small partial refund.

not to mention voiding the warranty on the esc

No doubt. If your ESC ever craps out you'll be SOL as traxxas will not work on or replace it.

I would score some traxxas connectors and re solder them. Better conducter. I heard that the vxl set up has melted tamiya plugs. Change them quick. If you cant solder bring it to your hobby shop and for a few bucks they will do it. Im thinking of converting all of my stuff to traxxas plugs rather than deans. The traxxas plugs are easier to connect and disconnect from each other.

Wow!  Thanks for all of the great replies.  Sounds like I am going to pick me up some Traxxas connectors and get to work.  In regards to whether the previous owner actually soldered or just spliced, he did solder, but it is a pretty shabby job.  Looks like a 6 yr old did it.  I guess I should have known better when the description on Ebay item was one line and it ended with "Sold As Is".  I saved about $100 bucks over a new truck so hopefully once I get some Traxxas connectors on this thing I won't regret going used.  I had reservations about buying a used RC truck but apparently my stingy nature over took me in the long run.  Thanks again for all the great posts.  I am sure I will be back to the forum for more advice and pointers.  Mike