So after about 6 years I unpacked and turned on my mini Baja. Ran for about 30secs and died. So I went and got a new battery from my local hobby shop, a losi 7.4v 20c 659mah 2s.

Well it ran for a min then it would not run. Steering works esc lights up when throttle is pulled just no go.

Any help or suggestions would be awesome

Thanks guys

Now the motor smokes no throttle but if I turn both wheels backwards and it acts like it wants to run

Well spur gears of motor wa ts to turn but I have to twist it with my fingers. Time to gobrushless and make this a road/speed mini

im gonna guess the lipo was too much for the truck and you probably burned the motor up in it post some pictures

It was the stock motor from when I got it so I'm sure that's the issue. Once themini8 is up to par I'll turn this into a 50mph plus street car.

Using an iPad for know got a new place my pc isn't setup yet

Building a track in the field behind our house I'll post pics of the space soon

i use the forum on my ipad all the time and yeah man i would bet the motor and esc werent ready for some lipo punch do up the pictures