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some more pics of my RC car project. I got the front end finished with all the lighting installed. Got the body mounted on a vintage RC humvee chassis.

Got my RC 1008 front end painted and installed. The headlights are functional but I only installed one LED so far.

I will check on it, but the flex plate is brand new and torqued to spec with loctite. I also do not hear any ticking from the bell housing through the stethoscope.

Unrelated but I just wanted to share some pictures from another project of mine. I’m working on making a M1008 RC truck. Spent some time today designing the grill in CAD and 3D printing it. For the body I’m using the one from the Tamiya Clod Buster monster truck.

Just found this video on YouTube. Things sounds mean with no mufflers :LOL::LOL::LOL: Here's another video of a guy who had the same exact sound I'm having In the comments he said it ate a glow plug or a bolt and rebuilt the motor. " Its been fixed, had piston slap on the number 5...

Yeah I will look into that. I haven’t bought anything yet as I’m still recovering from all the money I already spent lol. I’m also kinda taking a short break before jumping back in. I’m just happy to finally be home after 2 months and I’m spending time with family and my dog and getting back...

It’s been fun and educational. I’m a better man for this experience that’s for sure. Now I just gotta figure out the tapping problem. As far as money saved. Here is a excerpt from an email I received from a certain company everyone on here probably knows. Very famous for working on cucvs and...

Which was the $75 one you were talking about?

Yeah that’s the Kent Moore tool. It’s probably the official one that’s used in the TMs. I was asking if you think I should get that or get a kit that has a bunch of different glow plug/injector fittings to be used on other vehicles. But I’m probably only gonna be working on 6.2s anyway so...

Should I grab one of these too 🤣

Should I get one of these @ezgn ? Or should I get some kit I’ll be able to use with other cars in the future? Not sure. Lemme know what you recommend.

I don’t really think it’s the exhaust but I’m going to check it closely before moving forward on the valve train. I think the noise I’m hearing on the right side pipe is just the valve noise being amplified down the line. On the header/manifold area I hear just a light whistling clicking sound...

Thanks man, I appreciate it. I hope you figure out your issues too.

I’m just kinda pissed over this whole thing.. morale is low right now. I’ll look into ordering a compression test kit. Thanks man.

Not really, tbh. I didn’t really have any reason to suspect anything was wrong at the time because the truck sounded perfect even before I started working on it. This is my first time working on these and I didn’t really have the foresight to check closely and no one advised me on that back...