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by UltraHIVE » Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:24 pm
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by Lowgear » Sat Jul 30, 2011 4:08 pm
I sent you a PM.
Also an update:
I really need to finish this project. Currently its disassembled in a box. I decided the best thing to do would be to just wait for a NIB one to come up on eBay. The problem is none have come up. Not even any in excellent condition. So it looks like I'll have to continue restoring mine.
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by Jay Dub » Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:11 pm
I think you owe it to yourself to take apart the other gearboxes you have
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by Lowgear » Wed Aug 03, 2011 2:08 am
After much pondering, I have come to the conclusion that the gearboxes in these were designed by sadists.
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by EvolutionRevolution » Wed Aug 03, 2011 2:50 am
Perhaps some of the axles are bent? (Ball)Bearings okay?
Have you tried shimming the gearbox halves (not the gears, where the gearbox halves screw together)?
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by Lowgear » Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:36 am
I used all new parts and it still didn't make a difference. I never thought of shimming the gearbox halves. That might work but I'd be afraid it would leave a space between them. What I ultimately decided to do was buy a parts car for its gearbox. Now I just have to find the time (motivation?) to put it in and finish the rest of the restoration.
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by rcdave2260 » Sat Nov 19, 2011 1:12 pm
hey there were a few these on ebay last month or so 1 was for parts
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by Lowgear » Sun Nov 20, 2011 5:08 am
Yeah I know.
I have a list of search terms I run through multiple times everyday which includes Kangaroo. One of those was basically NIB. I wish I could have bought it but didn't have the funds at the time. What I've learned in the nearly year and a half since I started this project is that Kangaroos show up for sale on eBay more frequently than I expected. The other three models Aristo-Craft produced you can forget about it.
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by Lowgear » Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:00 am
Haha yeah I'd love to have one as well. The name definitely fits it.
I also have a pretty mint Dolphin.
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by V12 » Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:23 am
When was this Dolphin sold?
Same for the Aristo-Craft Hitec 2040R ESC used with this car. Was this before the car?
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by Lowgear » Sun Aug 19, 2012 6:08 pm
Thats a good question, I've never gone so far as to find out when Aristo-Craft's four vehicles were released.
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by rainer31 » Sat Oct 20, 2012 4:11 am
Hi guys!
I have got a Dolphin which I` would like to sell.
If somebody is interested, pleas feel free to ask.
Regards,
Rainer
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by Coelacanth » Mon Oct 22, 2012 12:29 pm
Charlie don't surf wrote: Please review the BST rules, selling-advertising-pimping outside the BST section is not permited
If you read between the lines, what he was
really doing is...flogging the Dolphin.
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