Just an update and further question.
The new ESC has arrived and I’m glad to say that the motor still runs and everything seems to be running fine ( I did have to swap the steering servo for the old throttle one as it wasn’t centring and it was twitching )
just waiting on the tyres then I can test drive it.
Anyway battery wise I have my old 7.2v 2000mah nicd pack and I doubt this will last 5 mins, I notice that today there is either nimh or lipo with higher mah meaning longer run time, I’m not really interested in the expense of lipo.
I have a fast charger but the label says 7.2v nicad will this charge the nimh?