Maintance needed after playing monster truck

[piranha1625]

Dear all,

I am from Indonesia and I have a Kyosho Mad Force.
Can you all give me an advise what kind of maintance needed after playing the monster truck?

Thank you in advance for all advise.... :)

[Cotharyus]

The biggest thing is to clean it. It doesn't have to be spotless, but you don't want dirt caked all over. Plus, if you clean it well, you willbe more likely to find protential problems, things like a screw backing out, or an arm that has a small crack in it - and fix these things before they become real problems.

[piranha1625]

The biggest thing is to clean it. It doesn't have to be spotless, but you don't want dirt caked all over. Plus, if you clean it well, you willbe more likely to find protential problems, things like a screw backing out, or an arm that has a small crack in it - and fix these things before they become real problems.

thanks for the reply
for cleaning thing, do i need to release the nitro engine first? so i can clean the engine maximal. And than should i tuned up the engine everytime after playing it?

[RCMadMatt]

You don't have to remove the engine or re-tune it. Leave it on the truck, spray the truck down with nitro cleaner, wipe it off, clean the air filter, and inspect for damage, loose hardware, etc. If it looks good, throw in some after-run oil in the engine and you are ready for whenever you want to run it again.

Matt

[QDiddy]

I usually run mine in the street and grass and such so it doesn't get very dirty at all. If this is the case all you need to do is put some ARO in the glow plug hole and turn the engine over a few times to cycle it thru. Then let the piston stop at the bottom (BDC) so when it cools you we keep a tighter pinch with your piston/sleeve.

If you go and get it pretty dirty then you need to clean your air filter, spray down your truck with denatured alcohol and blow it off with an air compressor and spray some WD-40 on it to keep out moisture. If you want your shiny wheels to stay shiny then take them off before using denat. alc. or it will dull them.

That's it!

Much less maintenance then those stupid electrics. LOL

[redheat8]

If you have an air compressor use it to blow away any dirt ,check screws , motor mounts, gears for wear, wheel nuts, turn buckles, any moving parts , as far as the motor goes make sure that the piston is at the bottom of the cylinder and put a couple of drops of after run oil or even WD40 which is okay to use in the carb. and motor turn the motor over using the flywheel as I said before set the piston the bottom, clean the air filter should carry extra filters , which really should only be used for no more than an hour per filter, Just use a little common sense and youll be fine, RED

[dhutch]

I use Meths (methylated spirits) in a handheld pump-top cagrden sparyer, with a paint brush and a toothbrush, get every where sprayed, get the tooth brush into the fin of the engine, and then i get the garden hose and clean off the meths, let it dry (or hair dry it) and then work from there

daniel