**My FLM CCNeu Maxx Nearly Completed**

[Chadworkz]

Wow! You need to clean that PC board in the WORST way!!!

[Chadworkz]

Hmmm...weird, that's for sure.

[mkrusedc]

Jeesh Zack,

I miss your thread for a day and everything falls apart. First those are dual rate springs. Notice how part of the coils are father apart on the top than at the bottom where they are closer together? That is how you can tell.

Second where is the flexing occuring? In the cae itself or at the attachement to the chassis? I think we have the same setup and mine does not flex. Did you hold the truck in your hand and throttle it to see what was going on?

Mark

[suicideneil]

If you wanna see a clean wiring layout, look no further than my truck:

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...laMaxx/136.jpg

Basically, flip your tranny around, mount the esc behind the tranny so that you have a shnort wire run, then bundle up the servo wires and tuck them down in between the servo and the rx (which will be mounted over the vacant servo slot). An rx box will help to hide excess wires to an extent yeah. Then run the rx cable along the underside of the chassis (downt hew center line more or less) and have it emerge by the esc- zipties and some cable sheeving work wonders. I would also take a look at some other FLM based trucks to see how they did it :)

[Kcaz25]

Originally Posted by mkrusedc

Jeesh Zack,

I miss your thread for a day and everything falls apart. First those are dual rate springs. Notice how part of the coils are father apart on the top than at the bottom where they are closer together? That is how you can tell.

Second where is the flexing occuring? In the cae itself or at the attachement to the chassis? I think we have the same setup and mine does not flex. Did you hold the truck in your hand and throttle it to see what was going on?

Mark

I had a big post typed up a few days ago and accidently deleted it. So I'm just going to hit the highlights.

Yeah Mark things get bad when you miss my thread! This build still has a long way to go...

The whole case is flexing. Talked to FLM the issue is fixed. I'll be ordering one soon.

Is my MMM board really that bad? How do I clean it? Is there a more durable(more dirt sealed) fan that is a drop in?

I'm taking the plung, I'm getting the FLM Hybrids and HB Lightning diff to go with! What is the difference between the $62 HB lightning diffs and the $65 HB lightning Pro diffs??? On this RCM.com product page, 5 items from the bottom.

[suicideneil]

The Pro diffs are truggy ratio, and lower your overall gearing quite a bit more than the Buggy ones do- not ideal as it means having to run a larger pinion/ smaller spur to get the correct overall ratio ( buggy diffs only need a pinion 1 tooth larger than if you ran stock emaxx diffs ).

To clean the MMM pcb, I would just use a can of compressed air, and an old fine paint brush to sweep away the dirt and grit. You can get better fans that are the same size (25mm square), but you have to switch the plug over with the stock one so it will plug into the MMM board. Brands elude me right now, but there are a few threads on the subject burried in the CastleCreations sub-forum... somewhere...

[mkrusedc]

Zack, like Neil said, get the buggy diffs. That is what I have. The truggy diffs will slow you down too much.

[Kcaz25]

Cool guys and yeah I'll look into the fan thing. Oh and my new body should be here this week or monday! I got an email saying the last shipment of bodies got stolen at UPS!!

[Kcaz25]

I'm having second thoughts on the Hybrids... What will it take to run my TRX 3.3 steel CVDs with UE Ultralite 8 spiders? Nothing? New cups? New diff outputs?

[Chadworkz]

With 3.3 carriers everything will fit fine. With 2.5 carriers you might have to run the shorter Ofna Hyper7 diff outputs.

[Kcaz25]

Look at what just came in!! Proline Ford F-650, for those bigger MTs.

















Now it looks good on the inside and on the outside!! Check out those sweet lightly tented windows! Should I put stickers on it? What is the best what to accurately cut the body post holes? Normally I just put alittle paint on the posts then set the body centered on the posts then cut the painted marks left by the painted post...

[suicideneil]

Your method for body post placement is fine, thats what I do. Best for making the holes is to use a proper reamer, but I find starting with a 1mm drill bit, then working out to an 8-9mm bit is fone for a good finish.

Stickers is a personal taste thing, but a few of Mike's items wouldnt hurt for sure...

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

Wow... nice body... Loving the 'clean' white paint.

[Kcaz25]

Originally Posted by suicideneil

Your method for body post placement is fine, thats what I do. Best for making the holes is to use a proper reamer, but I find starting with a 1mm drill bit, then working out to an 8-9mm bit is fone for a good finish.

Stickers is a personal taste thing, but a few of Mike's items wouldnt hurt for sure...

Okay good. Thanx Neil! I plan to use a dremel. Duh I will post the results.

Originally Posted by ANGRY-ALIEN

Wow... nice body... Loving the 'clean' white paint.

Like I said jokingly on another forum, who said its painted yet? One session on this Alabama red clay then its painted!

Thanks! I like it also! Thinking of getting another for show!

-Zack

[BL_RV0]

Body looks great with the badlands.