barnetbasher Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 you dont need to slide the wires into the blue connectors before...solder wires into bullets..long nose pliers to push bullets into connector Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 you dont need to slide the wires into the blue connectors before...solder wires into bullets..long nose pliers to push bullets into connector the female sides seemed to have to go in back to front...the male side will go straight on. Should I be connecting the male end to the battery then I guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 While I'm here, thought you may like to see my freshly sprayed wheels, I think there rather handsome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnetbasher Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 pics...of those connectors... wheels gorgeous...but...can you gorilla tape them ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 so managed to get the connector problem sorted...and it didn't go bang when I plugged it in, so that's a bonus will have to have a rethink on the battery mounting strategy though, as these lipo's are rather large in girth, the extra weight of them is probably a good thing in the madforce though, as it may help the wheels stay on the ground...okay maybe not!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnetbasher Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 looks great dude.. have you cut the batt tray and remounted the two halves spaced apart ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 looks great dude.. have you cut the batt tray and remounted the two halves spaced apart ? Not yet...because the battery mount wont be long enough for that lipo...did I mention it was big Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnetbasher Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 ah yes...if you are only going to use those packs...you could chop it across as well maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 Yeah thought about quatering them, although I think I may have a neater solution as I have lits of nylon rod left ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 Okay, day off work and misses and kids away, so thought I would have a big push and get this truck up to scratch. Next on my list is battery tray. I found an RPM savage skid plate in my tool box, which has some plastic bracket things on, which are the perfect hight to mount the tray on. So another hole drilled in the chassis and a few bolts and lock nuts makes it all good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnetbasher Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 cool dude....by the way....get some hefty cap head steel bolts on that diff and motor mount....they torque will soon work those cross heads loose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 You can tell the kids and misses are away by the utter devastation in my man room I know you're all digging the nappy box/monster truck work stand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnetbasher Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 thats for when you fill your pants seeing it at full chat ! babywipes are ideal hand cleaners after a tinkering session/bash ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 cool dude....by the way....get some hefty cap head steel bolts on that diff and motor mount....they torque will soon work those cross heads loose Yep I have some, those one's have been holding pretty nicely though...on 3's maybe another matter on the 4's.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 thats for when you fill your pants seeing it at full chat ! babywipes are ideal hand cleaners after a tinkering session/bash ! You really think she left me baby wipes?! seems the battery tray will fit the 8000mah after all (just) so sawn it in half and will mount it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 I should really be a Kyosho engineer with the level of bodge I can accomplish!! (maybe we could both apply for work Mr B!) Here is a battery tray of sorts..it holds the battery, so that's enough for me! Mr Barnet did originally make a few holes in it (about as many holes as you would find in Swiss cheese) so I was a little compromised on where I could place it And with lipo in (obviously will be putting some straps over it as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 It's a snugg fit that's for sure. You may off noticed in the first pick a shock went a bit peculiar...think a nut fell off the top maybe?! Damn no shock oil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnetbasher Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 nice tray !....you looking at getting some metal shocks sometime ? those may pop caps once you get rollin ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 with the battery that far up front, it does feel a little nose heavy now, which will probably be great for quick off the line shennanigans, but may be a bit perculiar over jumps...could be fairly catastrophic will find out soon enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnetbasher Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 na...it'll be fine...those wheels and the instant response of BL pooowah ! mean you can control the pitch really easily....I've dug out some more hub carriers to send you by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 No way you can move the tray more central? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 nice tray !....you looking at getting some metal shocks sometime ? those may pop caps once you get rollin ! Er, they fell apart when I put the battery in been looking for decent shocks since I had it, no luck yet as essentially it uses rear big bore buggy shocks? So i have been looking for hyper etc. rear shocks..but 2 x sets..which seem to be pretty pricey! tried some MTA shocks-too short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnetbasher Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 might have some in my bottomless pit ! 100mm ish ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 No way you can move the tray more central? No way you can move the tray more central? I really wanted to, but the spur is poking over the top of the chassis...and the chassis plate is so full of holes now and diff/motor mount screws in the way, it seemed logical the way I have done it (okay not very neat though!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 might have some in my bottomless pit ! 100mm ish ? I think they maybe a touch longer than that dude..The MTA ones I got were about 110mm but looked tiny...they weren't big bore though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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