Guess what happen to this Savage?

[Ian w]

Watch this space  

As I said watch this space

[barnestah]

I'm watching.

[guge999]

Haha the mystery continues, someone find the garage sale guy.

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[Ian w]

It`s not arrived yet but you will be able to see what happens to this poor neglected Savage as soon as I get my hands on it.

The Guy who sold is a very nice person and is a dealer that bought this as is, he does not know what happened to it.

Looking very closely at the pictures my thoughts are it is pressure damage rather then impact. I would think that it has been stored in a shed with a lot of heavy weight on top of it. In my thoughts this type of damage SHOULD be easier to reverse then impact.

And NO I did not pay

[Alex97]

haha

[barnestah]

Good luck indeed. I look forward to seeing this one brought back to life.

I agree it does look more like pressure bend on the chassis rather than heavy impact.

[Sharkfat78]

I bet that happened at the last MSUK bash lol

[Ian w]

O/K so work gets started.

[Ian w]

What a mess LOL

 

Look at them chassis plates

I was worried about the engine `cause it was seized at BDC but it seems to be freeing up O/K

 

I don`t know what pressure this Savage was put under but look at that spoke   

 

( If you don`t want me to carry on with this please tell me and I will stop )

[Alex97]

Carry on

[bigoggy]

Carry on

x2

[Tug]

Do a rebuild thread?

[GilbertRC1]

I think it was stored under the wheel of a 1:1 monster truck!

[Ian w]

Starting to look better

Plates now good not perfect but good

Gearbox in good condition probably put a reverse module in it.

Engine now de seized and will support itself all day on compression. Had a bit of problem with engine the pressure that it suffered had cracked the crankcase by the engine mount but hopefully repaired wit JB weld

 

Battery box updated to later type as the old one was the type that was very difficult to get the clips in.

I have a set of 17mm hex wheels so will update to these.

[Ian w]

Getting there

[Zardoz]

This is fantastic

 

Good on you for having a crack at this rebuild!

[behappy2755]

Well done mate!! You should be given a big gold medal from the queen for outstanding service to RC cars!! Like if you agree

[Ian w]

O/K May cock this up as I have not posted video      First try after being seized

Edited April 5, 2014 by Ian w

[Ian w]

2nd try after changing the settings not bad for an engine that was seized solid and badly stored.

Edited April 5, 2014 by Ian w

[behappy2755]

Must have taken a while to get it going... 

Is that weird vibration sound coming from the engine itself, or the table thing?? 

 

video is fine btw

Edited April 5, 2014 by behappy2755

[barnestah]

Dude that is awesome work there  .   I am quite in awe, nicely brought back from purgatory.   

[Ian w]

Dude that is awesome work there  .   I am quite in awe, nicely brought back from purgatory.   

Thanks the rear end is causing me more problems I have had to get the Dremel out as VERY rusty but I will get there, Enjoying every minute     

[sean-vrs]

Love that sound <3 great effort dude.

[Feedtheinferno]

Wow this is brilliant. I have got to follow this thread

[Ian w]

Really starting to look like a Savage