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t-maxxracer32 · **got the 8xl in yesterday...!! -** 04.20.2007, 07:18 PM

ok so i got my 8xl in lastnight and was VERY excited to get it going! ran in to a bunch of problems... lol... heres my story

1. right when i got it i realized i did not have a pinion the correct size.... had to find a freind who had the same size... that took about an hour...

2. when i was about to solder on everything i noticed i had no idea which wires went to which... had to look that up. took about 5 min

after i found everything out i started to solder it all together. no biggy... took about an hour to get everything wired up and clean looking (on the pos and negative i use deans plugs.. that took a little while...)

3. everything was wired up and ready to go except batteries. i plugged in my rx pack... dead... had to wait 30 min.

4. after waiting i went to put the batteries together and realized i did not have the custom y harness i made.. looked around for about 30 min and could not find it... i was pissed.. lol end of yesterday i went to sleep.

next day (today) i will have to make the stupid y harness again... lol there goes another 30 min (i take my time to try and get it looking nice)

about a 3 and a half hour job! gosh!

totally worth it though! ill get vids and what not later!

thanks for reading my essay! lol...

BrianG · 04.20.2007, 09:06 PM

Great! What did you put it in? And BTW, it doesn't matter which way the motor wires are attached - except you swap any two wires if it turns the wrong way...

t-maxxracer32 · 04.20.2007, 09:31 PM

o relly/ haha that would have saved some trouble!! i put it in my e-revo. mm esc using 12 cells. this is my freinds build i did for him. fast yet nice...

supralover72 · 04.20.2007, 09:55 PM

Nice. I'm running the same set-up in my Jammin when it gets here. Had any heat problems with that set-up?

t-maxxracer32 · 04.20.2007, 09:56 PM

havent been able to run it yet... lol cant find the stupid series connector! and i cant find the thread where someeone gave me a diagram... AHH!!

BrianG · 04.20.2007, 10:00 PM

How about this (taken from the R/C Calculations images):

t-maxxracer32 · 04.20.2007, 10:01 PM

i love you!!

thanks!

BrianG · 04.20.2007, 10:03 PM

Awww! :o

But what will your G/F think? :eek:

:005:

t-maxxracer32 · 04.20.2007, 10:33 PM

lol she wont have to know! :dft012:

got it up and running but now my only problem is that it cant "find" 2nd gear will only drive in first... so speeds are minimal.... i can take apart the tranny to see whats up but eh... maybe tomorow!

BrianG · 04.21.2007, 12:29 AM

If you still have the shifter mechanism, you probably don't have the servo linkage quite right.

04.21.2007, 12:37 AM

PSSHT u dont need 2 gears anymore lol get rid of 1st gear lol

gets pics up!

t-maxxracer32 · 04.21.2007, 01:59 AM

well i try and lock it in 2nd but it wont... will get pics up later