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Chris142
Member
Username: Chris142
Post Number: 86
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 8:48 pm: | 
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I bought a RC truck off of Ebay. It was advertized as working but It comes today and will only go backwards.
The truck is aproximatly 25 yrs old and very rare. I have called every hobbie shop for 100 miles and nobody will touch it.
I also called my local CB radio store and they are not interested in fixing it.
Any ideas? |
Tech291
Moderator
Username: Tech291
Post Number: 182
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 9:36 pm: |
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Chris,
is it a Blackfoot or Clodbuster by any chance?
tech291
CEF#291
kc8zpj |
Chris142
Member
Username: Chris142
Post Number: 87
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 10:20 pm: |
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No it's a Peterbilt 359 with a car hauling trailer, 1:24th scale.
I have 2 of them. My 1st one My father bought brand new when I was a little guy. I loved that truck!
I was heart broken when it quit working and dad couldn't fix it.
I have been looking for another for 25 years and found one on Ebay and bought it with the understanding that it was a working toy.
So now I have 2 very rare and non working RC trucks =( |
Chris142
Member
Username: Chris142
Post Number: 88
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 10:34 pm: |
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Another one just showed up on an Internet Auction site.. |
Chris142
Member
Username: Chris142
Post Number: 89
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 11:48 pm: |
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Well things have gone from bad to worse. I had both trucks on the table and the "new" one backed away and pushed my old one off the table and broke the front wheels off before I could stop it.
I don't know what I'm looking for as far as fixing the one that only goes backwards. I have no clue what I'm doing and I don't see anything obviously wrong. |
Sonny
Junior Member
Username: Sonny
Post Number: 44
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - 7:23 pm: |
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Chris,
If it is a electronic speed control it's a matter of adjusting your hand control setting. If it is risiter type control (moved by a servo check where the control is when the forword and reverse is when the hand control is in nutruel
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Chris142
Member
Username: Chris142
Post Number: 90
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - 8:57 pm: |
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Thx for the replys. I've narrowed it down to the resister thingy in the hand held controller. I was able to swap wires from one to the other and got it to go forward and backwards, but no steering now.
I know that it works if I can find the resister thingy. |
