Tarnish
Airbrush wannabe.
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- Peterborough, ON (near Toronto)
The Zip Tie Fuel Handle
Got looking at the Kyosho and thought it was a great idea to have the hole cut over top of the fuel lid, but the angle of the lid was gonna cut my hand to shreds reaching in there without a handle.
I'm cheap. So instead of paying $4.79 for an Ofna one from Tower Hobbies or paying $5.99 for 2 Losi ones from Horizon Hobby, I made one for myself with 2 Zip ties from Home Depot where $2.29 buys me a bag of 10 Zips, enough to make 5 pullers.
This is the bag:
Prep Work:
Now, take the first zip tie and attach it to the edge bar of the fuel tank lid, BUT do it so that the zipper edge faces down when folded across the top of the tank.
That means you shove the tail of the zip down through the with the zip UP when when you bend it across the tank to connect it, the zip will be facing DOWN.
Once that's on, NOT TOO TIGHT since it spins on the end of the fuel lid, take the second zip tie and slowly feed it onto the end of the tie you just attached.
With both pieces on, it should look like this:
With the body on, I checked it out for function and then I trimmed the end down some after I slowly moved the second zip tie head to an appropriate position.
I used nail clippers to trim the zip tie, but I left some of the tie on the end of the finished pull, so that when I am just driving around, I can tuck that inside the body and not have the tie flying all over the place like a rodeo cowboy. Then I looked closer at the picture and trimmed my own nails.
This is what it looks like when tucked in.
On the bright side, if the first attempt gets messed up and you aren't happy you can just cut it off and try again with 2 more zip ties, since 10 came in the package.
Cheers.
Got looking at the Kyosho and thought it was a great idea to have the hole cut over top of the fuel lid, but the angle of the lid was gonna cut my hand to shreds reaching in there without a handle.
I'm cheap. So instead of paying $4.79 for an Ofna one from Tower Hobbies or paying $5.99 for 2 Losi ones from Horizon Hobby, I made one for myself with 2 Zip ties from Home Depot where $2.29 buys me a bag of 10 Zips, enough to make 5 pullers.
This is the bag:
Prep Work:
Now, take the first zip tie and attach it to the edge bar of the fuel tank lid, BUT do it so that the zipper edge faces down when folded across the top of the tank.
That means you shove the tail of the zip down through the with the zip UP when when you bend it across the tank to connect it, the zip will be facing DOWN.
Once that's on, NOT TOO TIGHT since it spins on the end of the fuel lid, take the second zip tie and slowly feed it onto the end of the tie you just attached.
With both pieces on, it should look like this:
With the body on, I checked it out for function and then I trimmed the end down some after I slowly moved the second zip tie head to an appropriate position.
I used nail clippers to trim the zip tie, but I left some of the tie on the end of the finished pull, so that when I am just driving around, I can tuck that inside the body and not have the tie flying all over the place like a rodeo cowboy. Then I looked closer at the picture and trimmed my own nails.
This is what it looks like when tucked in.
On the bright side, if the first attempt gets messed up and you aren't happy you can just cut it off and try again with 2 more zip ties, since 10 came in the package.
Cheers.
LoL
