Your local hobby shop should have the cord for the recoil starter. If your hobby shop does not have it, then a local craft store should carry it. Its just a Nylon rope about 1/8 wide, there is nothing fancy about the cord. It should cost you about $2, or you can spend $30 for a new recoil starter

They are not hard to re-cord.
Here is a video on how to re-wind the spring.

Good luck and happy bashing

It is possible to use strong fishing line to fix your pullstart, but that means taking out the pullstart and having to fiddle around with the spring and I’ve never tried it so I’m not sure how well it works.
Anyway, I found this replacement pullstart online…

Traxxas T-MAXX 3.3. Almost all hobby shops carry stuff for it. You could even join some online Maxx clubs. You may even have Maxx clubs locally. Cen, you don’t really have any real options except from Cen. Good Luck.

Cen gst 7.7

Your steering servo is operating in reverse.

The repair depends on your unit.
Some transmitters have switches to reverse specific channels.
In other cases, you need to reverse the CONTROL wiring to the servo, NOT the power wire.

If You are talking about radio controlled cars then you simply have reversed some wires to or from the steering solenoid.

attach the glow starter, stick it on the glow plug like you would for a pull start, then insert the Roto-start into the opening, should be on the side or back of the engine, and hit the button on the roto start. make sure the battery is fully charged, in both the glow stater and the Roto start.

“just attach the glow plug igniter and Roto Start, hit the button and go!”

I’m glad it came finally, not sure how to drive one, just don’t wreck it.

Oil the air filter, if you don’t have air filter oil use some nitro fuel it already has some oil in it. If it’s a brand new car, you’ll have to break it in. Make sure it’s running rich and never take it above half throttle. After every tank of fuel, let the engine cool down and then do the same. Best thing is to break it in without the bodyshell on to make sure there’s enough air flow to the engine and in a wide smooth carpark or similar. After 6 tanks of fuel start to lean the engine out a little then you’ll be good to use it as you want to.
You might have to adjust the steering trim on the handset to make sure the car goes straight.

first of all you need to do a maintenance check. check for lose screws. then but some batteries in your transmitter and Receiver. once you have done that. turn them on and see if it works.
then put nitro fuel in your car. for a off-road the best fuel is model Technics bing bang 16%. for a on-road car tornado fuel is the best 16%. if you re planning to do a bit of racing on your track you Better you byron race gen 2.
then you must prime your engine.
there are two ways you can do this.
First of all you can put your finger of the exhaust and pull the pull start. you must see the fuel go in to the engine.
the second way is to pull the tube from the exhaust side and blow until you can see the fuel has gone into the engine.
then you attach the glow igniter on to your glow plug.
use short fast pulls to start your car
take your glow igniter off and you can start breaking in to your engine

Pull start, shaft start, which both need a glow plug, or Traxxas EZ-start which has the glow built in with the starter. Use 20% nitro car fuel only. Do NOT get one with a pull start as they are only trouble. Go to your local hobby store and they’ll set you up. Merry Christmas and good luck !!

Nitro cars/trucks use 10%-20% nitromethanol gas mix to operate. The car manual you get will tell you the recomended amount. You need to buy the Nitro Fuel (Availible At Tower Hobbies, or your local hobby store in Quart or Gallon Jugs) that is the right mixture for your car. There is no mixing, or measuring for you to do. Just pour your gas in your car and follow the break in procedure

In addition to all the other great advice, after your done running it for the day, put after-run oil in it. This will keep moisture out and the bearings lubricated.

great answer ^^

i suggest in addition that if you’re worried about engine life , get a liquid cooled engine . look into piston ring upgrades and cylinder sleeving if you do wearda motor out.

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ONLY USE NITRO FUELS FROM YOUR LOCAL HOBBY STORE.

The engine will DIE if you use other fuels, and you risk BLOWING YOURSELF (or others) UP!

These engines are DESIGNED to run ONLY NITRO FUELS.

Depending on what car you have you will need between 5% and 30% nitro and 5-30% castor oil.

My car is a 1/10 scale and uses 20% nitro with 16%total oil content (made up of 11% castor and 5% synthetic)

Your owners handbook will tell you what % nitro and oil to run.

it seals the head from leaks for one but that one is pretty obvious.

it also adjusts the compression amount on the engine. a thinner gasket will raise the compression while a thicker gasket will lower the compression. the amount of compression affects how well the engine will run. nitro motors are factory tuned to a proper spec with a proper compression ratio. so changing the ratio is not advisable.

as an example. no head gasket on most nitro engines will cause them not to even run due to the large increase in compression. if you are able to get one started it will not run well. its always best to stick with a factory spec head gasket on these engines even when using a different cooling head.

well on full size car its the main seal around the top half of the engine so prob the same in rc car, not increadibly expensive but a headache to chaange but prob quicker n easier on rc car

i don’t know but i know how to put new bushes in the motor for a washing machine very cheaply and easy as well

You will find that it is just stuck on there, sometimes the nut squashes the wheel around the thread and it sticks