I acquired an original TMaxx with original engine and the engine will not start. I will assume it needs a new engine. What would be a decent engine to put in this thing? I don't race so it doesn't need to be high performance. Would be great if it had a pull start. I would prefer not to do any...
Thanks for the input!
LOL, I am such a noob. I put the tranny back in and fired it up, but this time I gave it more gas and it ran just fine. The only thing now is it jerks when starting out slow but if given more gas it seems to run just fine. Looks like I still need to fine tune it.
It has never been run. It was sitting on my shelf.
Could it be possible that something is side is messed up? From rolling around every once and a while?
By the way, I found this out because I started the engine up following the instructions and when I moved the throttle, the gears just spun.
The spur gear spins freely either direction with no transfer of power to the drive.
The post on the other side, that is above and to the left of the brake pad, spins but not the drive shafts.
I checked it and tighted it up even more until the coil between the gear and the nut started to distort. I figure that is good so I loosed the nut up a little until the coil readjusted.
I have a 1st version T-Maxx that was sitting in the box this whole time. Well I decided to open this gift up and get into the hobby. However, the large gear spins freely and does not transfer to the wheels. The drive shaft (both front and back) do not move if you spin the large (spur?) gear. I...