about getting an old Radio Shack Jeep to run

[burnman]

My old man passed away a few years ago, and recently my mom was cleaning out his old stuff. She found his old Radio Shack Renegade Jeep, (can see one similar http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-RADIO-SHACK-RC-JEEP-RENEGADE-DIGITAL-TOY-CAR_W0QQitemZ350075338125QQihZ022QQcategoryZ44029Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Now, it doesn't have a transmitter, but looking on the bottom, it says that it is 27.095. I have a crystal, but when I turn them both on, nothing happens. The jeep has a red light on it showing it has power, but I'm not sure how to get this jeep to work.

I know it's not going to be fast, but it'd mean a lot to me to get it running in honor of my dad.

Any help is appreciated.

[BaronVonGareth]

Yank the bod, remove the old Rx and wire in a new one maybe?

[crazy4rc]

I just won the listing you shown! This truck brings back great memories, I got 1 for Christmas when I was around 12 - 13 years old, I'm 37 now! I'll probably self it or customize it into a scale crawler:cool:

[Starguard]

Take it to Radio shack and ask if they can send it in to their repair shop for you. I bought an old R/C 68 Camaro off eBay a few years ago that didnt run when I got it (even though the seller vowed they tested it before shipping):roll2:

Anyway I took it in to Radio shack and they said that they could send it to their repair dept (for a fee of course)! I agreed, and later they found that it had a bad curcuit board inside.

Take yours in and see what they say ;)

[FESTER2004]

really....radio shack would fix a golden arrow i had-they said it was way toooo old

[Starguard]

How old is your car? Mines is a Radio Shack Street Sprinter II. This is a car they stopped selling years ago. Maybe if you try a different Radio Shack store, I'm sure someone should help you.


They did fine by me :cool:

[dont slow down]

You could just gut it and put in some standard electronic stuff, RX, ESC, etc....

[2.5 guy]

Yeah, do what I did. I've got a Cuda that they recently discontinued, so I just took my Futaba radio, got an ESC and motor, dropped it all in, and it works better than ever...except for my positive lead came off.

I can do donuts at quarter throttle with that thing. You put a Losi 370 in a jeep, I'm sure you could have a lot of fun.

[crazy4rc]

I got it! Man does this bring back memories! Now I don't know what to do with it? I need some opinions, should I shelf queen it, turn it into a scale crawler or just put electronics in it and beat the hell out of it? Here's some pictures next to a Savage for scale
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f294/extremerc/DSC07324.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f294/extremerc/DSC07326.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f294/extremerc/DSC07327.jpg

[2.5 guy]

That looks like a good scale crawler. Lift it a bit, new radio system, and you'd be good to go.