08-25-2007, 12:24 AM
has anyone bought the team losi bump box for the buggy/truggy?
last friday i picked one up from al's. i threw 2 1500stick packs in it and tried to start the buggy. it wouldnt kick the motor over more than one (compression cycle?). so, i figured that the batteries werent charged enough. the box came with connectors to hook up to a 12v source so i hooked it up to my car battery. same thing, it would only turn it over 1 compression cycle. so, i figured to loosen the glow plug a lil. doin that got it to turn 2-3 compression cycles. at this point i was gettin a lil frustrated. so i walked away to smoke a cig and figure out why it wouldnt turn over.
finally i got an idea...i tapped it in quick succession and it eventually fired. i basically went through the whole night starting it like this...i probably started it four times. so i figured this is just how imma have to start it.
well, tonight i went out to kohls and tried to start the buggy using the same method. long story short, after a couple of minutes the box started smokin.
so i pop the lid off to find that the lil plastic fans inside the motors are melted...and the motor were roasting hot.
my questions are:
was this operater error? (ive never had a bump box b4)
has anyone had this same problem?
could it be that the bump box cant handle kickin over a .32?
last friday i picked one up from al's. i threw 2 1500stick packs in it and tried to start the buggy. it wouldnt kick the motor over more than one (compression cycle?). so, i figured that the batteries werent charged enough. the box came with connectors to hook up to a 12v source so i hooked it up to my car battery. same thing, it would only turn it over 1 compression cycle. so, i figured to loosen the glow plug a lil. doin that got it to turn 2-3 compression cycles. at this point i was gettin a lil frustrated. so i walked away to smoke a cig and figure out why it wouldnt turn over.
finally i got an idea...i tapped it in quick succession and it eventually fired. i basically went through the whole night starting it like this...i probably started it four times. so i figured this is just how imma have to start it.
well, tonight i went out to kohls and tried to start the buggy using the same method. long story short, after a couple of minutes the box started smokin.
so i pop the lid off to find that the lil plastic fans inside the motors are melted...and the motor were roasting hot.
my questions are:
was this operater error? (ive never had a bump box b4)
has anyone had this same problem?
could it be that the bump box cant handle kickin over a .32?