Top tips from Stuart ...Hi, was planning on making a website myself for the marauder and came across this, glad someone did it! Few things you might not know about: 2mm cork sheet can be used to make replacement clutch lining, use some stix-all glue or equivalent to glue it to the inside of the cluth drum, then add a few drops of after run oil to the cork to stop it from disintegrating when it's first being used. Most fuel tanks you can get on ebay can be easily fitted with a little modification, and are much better than the originals, no leaks, and you can screw them in place rather than using elastic bands. www.kamtec.co.uk sell brand new replacement abs bodyshells and electronic boxes. I think you can get suitable replacement wheels from mardavespares.com For the steering set, do a search on ebay for metal clevises, much better than the original nylon ones. 2mm stainless steel rod can be used to make push rods for the steering and throttle, you'll ned a 2mm tap and die set also. You can add a braking system to the car by getting an additonal servo, placing it by the flywheel and having it push a peice of rubber or cork against the fly wheel, you can simply use this servo on the same channel as the throttle control. Letting the car heat up in the sun or in front of a heater means there is less chance of the flywheel coming loose when starting the car. I've got more information, i've got a couple of marauders i've restored but I can't really remember much this late. Apologies if i've mentioned stuff you've already covered or knew about. Stuart
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Where to put it allIf like me, Marauders are not the only models competing for space, then this simple tip may be of benefit. Using a chopped up coat hanger, I simply bent as shown, hook over the roll bar, put a nail in the shed joist & now have somewhere to keep them (as they are banned from the house) - where the tyres wont get flat and the oil/sludge/fuel residue can run off the chassis. I do a similar thing with the transmitters, and have taken to labelling them with the frequency & which car they belong to, with a corresponding label on the radio box in the car. You can pick a tranny up for a fiver on e-bay, so why not have one for each model? NIMh batteries are about £1 each, and can easilily be charged up in the transmitter with a standard transformer (I use one of those peak voltage detection chargers).
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