TurboFurball Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 A vanquish in mostly serviceable condition dropped into my lap recently, and because I'm a masochist I've decided to rebuild it rather than just flip it ... which leads me to some questions ... Does anyone have an original manual they could read details to me from? I've downloaded a scan of it from the intertubes, but it's so low res I can't make out the model numbers for the bearings (if not, I'll just have to measure them I guess, lol) Also, while I can easily find stainless M3 hardware on ebay I'm having trouble finding stainless/hex versions of the self-tapper type screws - any tips on that? Thats all for now, I'm 3D printing a new front shock mount for it and I'm not sure about rebuilding the shocks, but I'm going to see how it goes and hopefully eventually end up with something out of the ordinary Thanks in advance for any tips! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMaxxDave Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Tamiya should make stainless versions of the screws your after. As for a manual, I'd check Tamiyausa. I'm not sure what the Vanquish is, and would need to google it! Sent from my iPad Air using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XV Pilot Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 The Vanquish is the "everyman" member of the Avante family, with a plastic tub chassis and to my eye possibly the best-looking shell of the bunch. It is quite a rare beast nowdays, so it is nice to read that one is being restored. A lot of people don't bother trying to find hex head self-tappers, instead tapping the plastic for M3 hardware and using hex head machine screws in their place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboFurball Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 Thanks, I think I've resigned myself to using either M3, or where not possible posi head tappers ... not the tidiest solution, but it'll be ok! As for the Vanquish, this one is an early early one so definitely worth someone fixing it up - I'll put up pics when finished ... it's a lot more workable than the Avante IMO, has lots of quirks, and still manages to be over-complex, lol. But it does have a shedload of ground clearance, anti-roll bars, and has a more "engineered" feel than a TT02-B based buggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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