Hey guys,
these are the 17mm jobbies and they came with the 17mm kit too, bargain!
As for the extra stress on the drive train that is totally true but i'm planning on using these on the road only, no bashing with these just for a bit more grip on tarmac 'n wotnot. Since my diffs were shimmed...
... i couldn't help myself ... honest ... i saw them ... got a discount ... went for it!!!
blast wheels and phaltline tyres ... awesome!
more pictures here.
I just got off the phone with the model shop. I sent them some links to the photos I took and they commented on never having seen this sort of damage before.
They've asked me to send them the entire engine for them to take a look at ... I'll whip it out tonight and send it off tomorrow ...
i don't know what to say!!!!! what an amazing offer chap!! really appreciate that. If its ok I will get on to the model shop I bought it from first and see what they say about it. This really should come under the warranty as far as I can tell.
If they get all arsey on me I would love to...
Yeah look at these prices ...
.21 complete carb - £56.99
4.6 complete carb - £41.99
T15 complete carb - £31.99
5.5mm complete carb - £43.99
4.6mm complete carb - £37.99
6mm complete carb - £44.99
making mine (the first one) the most expensive carb on the modelsport site!!! how does that...
weird thing is looking at all the carbs on the modelsport site this one appears to be the most expensive!
£56.99 for the complete .21 replacement carb ... or £20.99 for the bit I need ...
considering how long i've had this and how little use its had I think this should come under the...
really!! ...
that is annoying! I guess this must be really old stock that's been kicking around for a while ... i'm so gutted at the moment. I've found the part that I need to get to fix it ...
http://www.modelsport.co.uk/index.php?CallFunction=ShowSpecification&ItemID=23061
I'm just hoping...
indeed ... this is truly bad luck innit ... i'm gutted to be honest. here's me thinking about hop ups and i'm spending money just to keep it working ...
i'm going to speak to the shop again tomorrow and see what they say. i've only put a handful of tanks of fuel through this carb ...
just...
thanks chap, but damn ... honestly, this thing has been off the road more than its been off road!! hardly used, really gentle run in, gently used. its 3 weeks old and so far i've had 2 collapsed diffs and now a knackard carb ...
thing i'm now worried about is where did the plastic go that's...