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Out enjoying the weather with my Monster Beetle.

crusaderlyf wrote:Is this right? I have for years but never take out.

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Lovely piece! I haven't seen one of these in decades. Does yours still work?

LTO_Dave wrote:Cool video! I need to use my Victor the next time I break in a motor.

Here's my small VE collection. I'm still searching for a Maxtec/Victor IQ3.

Amazing collection! I'm jealous.

a stock brushed motor race tip : use a polish compound like alum rim polish and thin it out to the thickness of milk and while the motor is breaking in dab some polish onto the brass bushings and work it into the bushing buy pushing the shaft back and forth .. you will hear the motor slow down and ...

I have the super iq jr and the motor break in does not require a battery. It's break in process is also different. On the jr it slow ramps up the rpm and then cycles the ought a range of rpms You know, for every other motor, that's what this one did too. I think it didn't this time because it's the...

Hi Theibault, Nice job, thank you for taking the time to do the video, I know nothing about proper brushed motor break in procedures. That looks like a unit worth looking out for. Cheers, DaveM. Thanks for the kind words. It's probably a lot easier to tape two double aa's together and run that for ...

Using my Super IQ to break in a brushed motor. I've had this thing for 20 years or more and it still works like a champ.
http://youtu.be/DSul5RpMKsw

Looks awesome gomachv. I see you used the 50th Aniv. sticker too. I just couldn't resist.

This car is really fun to drive. I'm not over powering it, just having fun. Makes me want to get a second and add all the option parts to that. Maybe[youtube]r11Kia8zULY[/youtube]

had my spur gear side cva pop out of the outdrive in my main on Saturday night...really bugged me....it looks as if they are to short on both sides but didn't seem like they would ever pop out unless the shocks were off of it and at full droop. seems that this damn car is beginning to be more troub...

My kit was missing a shock bottom cap. Had to wait a few days for a V2 shock rebuild kit before I could finish it.

Just finished mine. Need to see what electronics to throw into this.

Just finished building mine, minus the socks and electrics. The tranny is tight, but it feels like it should free up after a bit. I did have one of the screws that hold the rear arm mounts snap at the head, but it just looks like that particular screw had issues while being machined or cast. All in ...