You're going to have to buy new fuel. Most of these things run 20% nitromethane and about 12% oil. The rest is alcohol. 25 year old fuel is maybe good for washing parts. Not for running your vehicle. I'd replace all the tubing, and make sure the fuel passages in the cab are clean. The needles have to be adjusted correctly for it to run. Rechargable batteries should make the glow plug glow bright orange. Make sure it's
fully charged. This is the manual for the truck. I took a quick look but didn't see the needle settings in there but I could have missed it. If you can find someone local that runs nitro they'd probably be glad to help you get it running. It's easy to mess up a motor by running it too lean.
Thanks, new fuel and tubes it is. Regarding the glow plug, my glow starter was fully charged at 1.35V and it didn't glow. Not much anyway, I'll try to charge it even more.
I have managed to find manual for car and motor so I know the needle supposed to be 3 turns open to begin with.
Is this a good fuel?
OPTIMIX READY-TO-RUN 16% FUEL 1L
OPTIMIX RTR 16 is supplied as a 1 liter container and is 16% (by weight) nitromethane with 15% fully synthetic oil from KLOTZ. This is a very high performance RTR fuel for general use not race applications. The tuning band on RTR fuels are wider and therefore a little less critical.
Content:- 1L RTR fuel with 16% Nitromethane and 15% Klotz Synthetic oil