Great will do. So see if the rx pack can remove the glitch i get where i have to tap the brake before the truck will go forward. Also, can i get these at radio shack perhaps? Or would you have a link?

I would use a receiver pack first to make sure it IS the issue. Use a cap or larger capacitance (uF) value along with an extra servo end you may have laying around. Just remove the signal pin (white for Futaba, yello for Hitec, etc). Or, for a few bucks more, just go to your LHS and see if they have one. They might be called something like "voltage protector" or some silly thing, but it's the same.

OK, will do the rx pack first. It may be awhile before i get my truck back together. Now when i wire this thinkg if that is what is needed. You stated an extra plug. So, would I not wire this to the ubec wires? Can you do a quick idagram for me so I can get a better idea how to do this? thanks Brian!

Spektrum makes a capacitor to go in the 3rd channel of the rx. It supposed to
help with some situations. If you have an extra plug for rx. Just wire hot and
ground to the cap and plug in. No extra work required.

That sounds easy enough to do. The problem with that is that my third channel is running my fans! ARG! LOL any ideas?

Y connector or solder it in to the wires. Try the rx pack first. No need in worry
ing about stuff if not needed.

You can run the cap on any channel that you have free (in your case, maybe only the battery in slot may possibly be open). If they are all filled, run the positive and negative cap wires right in parallel with the fan.

Again, this is a long shot, so don't be surprised that it doesn't help - but it wouldn't be the first time random noise caused problems. This is why I said to run an Rx pack first as a test. If it doesn't work, then you don't have to go through the bother with the cap, although it certainly won't hurt to do it anyway if you're bored.

Usually, when something electronic starts acting up after a while, it is usually related to heat, or constantly running hard.

Something else you could do is carefully cut the shrink wrap off the BEC and inspect solder joints. Cold or poor solder joints could cause things to act up as well since there isn't a solid, low-resistance connection. This is especially important for high speed switching regulators. They need very solid ground paths to prevent feedback to nearby parts and device leads.

Thanks Brain. I'll definately go with the RX pack first, but I like to be prepared for the worst! If it is my ubec, then that's the third one now from the RC Monster store that has not worked well. May be getting a new one again! The one I have has not even had 4 runs on it yet i think, somewhere in there, maybe 5....

If you do pull the shrink wrap off the BEC to inspect the solder jobs, please take some nice, crisp photos of both sides of the circuit board. I'm especially interested in the switching IC that is used. I got a UBEC from ebay that is tiny, 5v/6v selectable, capable up to 3A continuous, and only costed me $11 shipped, and would just like to compare designs. The one I have has very few components and the loaded DC voltage looks quite clean on an o-scope.

Will do. Wish I would have known that you were looking for this earlier, I just threw my old on away a few weeks ago I think.