Tony
Staff member
Everyone has been wondering what I have had in the works for the past few days, and today I went and picked them up. I just couldn't pass up this deal. What I purchased was a Traxxas Nitro Stampede and a Traxxas Nitro T-Maxx, both second hand and it shows. But, even with all of the work I have to do on them, I will still come out ahead on this deal.
The Stampede is pretty clean and pretty much all there. I hate the wheels that are on it, the front tires are stock (= SUCK) with no foam in them, and the rears are something that I wouldn't ever think about putting on my own truck, but it's used. The engine has great compression and has the classic Traxxas electric start. I have yet to test these out however. I have done no cleaning on the truck, and there is some oil around the exhaust. The air filter is missing, but the inside of the carb looks clean so I don't think it was ran without the filter. Only time will tell if it runs.
The T-Maxx is a different story. They have taken off the plug used to ignite the glow plug and the + prong on the electric start is broke off. Not a big deal, I wll just solder the wire directly to the motor. The engine however feels like it's seen better days. There is no compression and feels very gritty when you spin the flywheel. This could be two things. 1) the motor could just be that old and dirty and had the crap run out of it or 2) the motor is locked up and the flywheel is spinning on the crank. If the motor is locked up, I will be calling Traxxas and taking advantage of their deal if it's still in place. What deal? You will just have to wait and find out. The throttle servo has been replaced with an Airtronics 94322 servo, but it's still just a stock servo with plastic gears and one bearing. The steering servo is stock, but I have a servo in my box that I will be replacing it with.
This truck is dirty, and when I mean dirty, I mean HOLY CRAP dirty. Like it was run through the mud, had a massive fuel leak and never cleaned. But, that is all part of buying used, right? This truck does have an air cleaner, but it looks like it's not been cleaned since it was purchased. In fact, I didn't get any filter oil with it so that has me wondering lmao. If the motor is not locked up, then a simple piston and sleeve will get it running after I fix the starter. It still has the stock tires on it, but they are great for what I have planned.
All in all, I got more (way more) than what I actually paid for them. Once I take them apart and go through them, I will get a parts list together and head up to a local track that I have not been to in quite some time. I know for a fact that I will need 4 glow plugs, an air filter, maybe the starter motor if it's cheap enough, piston and sleeve and maybe some other minor things. And yes, I will more than likely be getting a DX3 as well. These trucks have this weird wire sticking out of the roof. I had to google it to find out it's the old 72MHz radio system, who'd a thunk it...
Stay tuned, there will be much more coming from these trucks, MUCH MORE!
The Stampede is pretty clean and pretty much all there. I hate the wheels that are on it, the front tires are stock (= SUCK) with no foam in them, and the rears are something that I wouldn't ever think about putting on my own truck, but it's used. The engine has great compression and has the classic Traxxas electric start. I have yet to test these out however. I have done no cleaning on the truck, and there is some oil around the exhaust. The air filter is missing, but the inside of the carb looks clean so I don't think it was ran without the filter. Only time will tell if it runs.
The T-Maxx is a different story. They have taken off the plug used to ignite the glow plug and the + prong on the electric start is broke off. Not a big deal, I wll just solder the wire directly to the motor. The engine however feels like it's seen better days. There is no compression and feels very gritty when you spin the flywheel. This could be two things. 1) the motor could just be that old and dirty and had the crap run out of it or 2) the motor is locked up and the flywheel is spinning on the crank. If the motor is locked up, I will be calling Traxxas and taking advantage of their deal if it's still in place. What deal? You will just have to wait and find out. The throttle servo has been replaced with an Airtronics 94322 servo, but it's still just a stock servo with plastic gears and one bearing. The steering servo is stock, but I have a servo in my box that I will be replacing it with.
This truck is dirty, and when I mean dirty, I mean HOLY CRAP dirty. Like it was run through the mud, had a massive fuel leak and never cleaned. But, that is all part of buying used, right? This truck does have an air cleaner, but it looks like it's not been cleaned since it was purchased. In fact, I didn't get any filter oil with it so that has me wondering lmao. If the motor is not locked up, then a simple piston and sleeve will get it running after I fix the starter. It still has the stock tires on it, but they are great for what I have planned.
All in all, I got more (way more) than what I actually paid for them. Once I take them apart and go through them, I will get a parts list together and head up to a local track that I have not been to in quite some time. I know for a fact that I will need 4 glow plugs, an air filter, maybe the starter motor if it's cheap enough, piston and sleeve and maybe some other minor things. And yes, I will more than likely be getting a DX3 as well. These trucks have this weird wire sticking out of the roof. I had to google it to find out it's the old 72MHz radio system, who'd a thunk it...
Stay tuned, there will be much more coming from these trucks, MUCH MORE!
