Need Help with an Old Traxxas Rustler
#16
Tech Regular

thats a mechanical speed controller
im going to ask a dumb question but does your truck have a receiver pack in it? cause a mechanical speed control wont power the electrics without a receiver pack
im going to ask a dumb question but does your truck have a receiver pack in it? cause a mechanical speed control wont power the electrics without a receiver pack
#17

It has a 2-channel 27mhz receiver unit with "2015" labeled on top with three plugs in it.
#18

he means battery pack to power rx/servos..
#19
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Top view of hardware

Some spaghetti

Motor and wiring
#21

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#23

I managed to fix it! I poked around the Msc with my finger and that freed it up from it being stuck on full throttle, works really well now. If it happens again I'll look into upgrading it to an Esc.
Last edited by Revolter22; 05-26-2022 at 07:25 PM.
#24

ok no where in any of your posts you say throttle was stuck on full forward you only said it went into reverse then would fail. glad you got things worked out
#25
Tech Regular

cool man. as long as its working
Last edited by Retro_Guy; 05-28-2022 at 05:47 PM.