Just did break in procedure for revo

[Carlos Aguilar Garcia]

hey guys, yesterday i got my revo, and today i performed the complete break in procedure as marked by traxxas. This is one sweet truck, i just have to adjust the 2 speed, it is not shifting at all, but other than that it ran great and the suspension just soaks up eery curb i throwed at it.. revo rules!!!

[Çh®i§tiªñ]

Glad to hear!

Before you go adjusting the 2 speed though, get some more tanks through it.

Ive seen times where approximately 12-15 tanks had to be run through an engine to achieve the RPM's necessary to hit second gear. My first TMaxx was around tank 9 or 10 and a couple savages took 11-15 tanks. Never had to adjust the tranny.

Just something to consider.

[LennyDude]

Very true. Don't adjust it yet until you get the engine totally broken in. It will begin to shift as you break it in and lean it out.

LennyDude

[AC48]

You should wait a few tanks before doing anything to the tranny. But I don't think it should take 10+ tanks to do it. My savage did it on tank #5 with the stock factory settings.

[Carlos Aguilar Garcia]

Jeez... thanks you guys, this is my first car with a 2 gear tranny, i was very very worried for tranny not shifting, im very glad you guys brought that out, thankz a lot

[Çh®i§tiªñ]

Did it start shifting on its own?

How many tanks total?

[FastEddy]

Originally Posted by Çh®i§tiªñ

Did it start shifting on its own?

How many tanks total?

Carlos,
This info is important for us to know.
The Revo is a new truck with a new transmission design.
The info your getting here is based on experience with the T-Maxx transmission. We need to start getting feedback from Revo users so we can help answer questions for others with the same issues.

Please post your findings.

Thanks.
-Ed

[Carlos Aguilar Garcia]

Well ive ran a total of 7 tanks,and still no shifting. Actually 6 and a half tanks, because today on my 7 tank, the truck got to 400 degrees F, so i shut it off imediately, i dont now why this temp, since i am running the stock needle setings, i haven't moved them. After the head was cool enough i try firing it up again, but obviously the glow plug was messed up, since this was my spare plug, i had to call it off for the day until i get some more plugs. My first glow plug (came with truck) fouled just when i was about to complete the fifth tank during break in. So ive run a total of 2 plugs. The first one was the one that came with the truck, the second one i used mccoy #59, ill try some different plugs and let you guys know which one resulted the best....

[kennyb]

did breakin on my revo, would not shift.turned adjuster screw counter clockwise 1.5 turns,shifted great. remove hsn clean seat , remove tank , clean out,turn hsn out 4 turns and tune from there. this should cure your heating problems.

[Powerman6766]

Originally Posted by AC48

You should wait a few tanks before doing anything to the tranny. But I don't think it should take 10+ tanks to do it. My savage did it on tank #5 with the stock factory settings.

I am just now getting my Savage to run well after about a gallon.I also bought upgrades os I am not sure if that made a HUGE increse in power.

Wow 400 degrees isnt the max your supposed to run close to 270?As for adjusting the tranny, I am nto sure because I don't know anyone that has one.Maybe it isnt running fast enough to shift?I know my Savage would shift faster if I ran it on smooth pavment then if I ran in on my rocky gravel driveway.

[Carlos Aguilar Garcia]

Hey guys, i just posted some pics of my revo, check my gallery.... anyway, i got some new glowplugs, and will be driving the revo later this afternoon, ill let you guys know how it went....

[Carlos Aguilar Garcia]

hey its me again, with some new news as some of you asked me to keep you posted............ today was a weird day, im still running the factory's 4 turns out on the hsn, and the temp was 270~280, i opened the hsn half a turn and the temp droped to 260. I installed another washer to the glow plug, kinda like a shim, and temp dropped to 230, but i cant lean out the carb because of the high temps........ and the trany still isnt shifting as i ran my 10th tank.... traxxas guy told to adjust the slipper clutch, but i still dont want to mess with it, tomorrow i think ill try and adjust the shift point screw.... any suggestions on what to do, any one??

[rx7r695p]

I just got a revo... WHATT!!! Sick...! Anyway, I hope I didn't rush into having a bramp attack buy following the video's instructions but I don't understand why after running it for a few minutes the rpm's get stuck really high... Then if I go full throttle and when I slow down it shuts off... I am so confused about this tunning the engine... Can someone please tell me why it runs so high in rpm and gets stuck on a load... It sounds terrible but hopefully I didn't do something wrong...