Hello everybody,
As a quick bit of background: I was given a second hand Savage X 4.1 before christmas.
I have so far changed part 1430 (uni directional bearing on starter mech), bought a 7.4 v battery and charger for the Rotostart, and a new rechargeable glow plug igniter, about 40 AA batteries(!), a couple of glow plugs etc.
Spent about 150 $ on all of this and about 30 man hours in my garage tinkering with the truck to try to get it going!!!
I have managed to run the car several times but it seems that the fuel/air mixture is way out as the engine is very lumpy and if I so much as touch the throttle control on the transmitter it splutters and conks out instantly. The engine also appears toflood very easily.
I have tried with the factory settings of flush idle screw and high speed needle but as the car had already been run in this may be wrong.
I am beginning to think there is dirt in the carburettor or that the engine is very worn and may need replacing.
I also had problems with throttle servo but by re positioning the servo horn I think I have solved this.
I am new to this but after all the time, effort and money I would really like to get this thing running but I am losing my patience and do not want to go mad and buy a new engine or spend most of my free time taking the thing apart and putting it back together again!
Any help or suggestions, however apparently obvious, are welcome.
Many thanks in advance and thanks again to the guys who helpe me out with my earlier problems.
Adrian
As a quick bit of background: I was given a second hand Savage X 4.1 before christmas.
I have so far changed part 1430 (uni directional bearing on starter mech), bought a 7.4 v battery and charger for the Rotostart, and a new rechargeable glow plug igniter, about 40 AA batteries(!), a couple of glow plugs etc.
Spent about 150 $ on all of this and about 30 man hours in my garage tinkering with the truck to try to get it going!!!
I have managed to run the car several times but it seems that the fuel/air mixture is way out as the engine is very lumpy and if I so much as touch the throttle control on the transmitter it splutters and conks out instantly. The engine also appears toflood very easily.
I have tried with the factory settings of flush idle screw and high speed needle but as the car had already been run in this may be wrong.
I am beginning to think there is dirt in the carburettor or that the engine is very worn and may need replacing.
I also had problems with throttle servo but by re positioning the servo horn I think I have solved this.
I am new to this but after all the time, effort and money I would really like to get this thing running but I am losing my patience and do not want to go mad and buy a new engine or spend most of my free time taking the thing apart and putting it back together again!
Any help or suggestions, however apparently obvious, are welcome.
Many thanks in advance and thanks again to the guys who helpe me out with my earlier problems.
Adrian
