HPI Savage 25, unused for years, will the engine start?
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- Can I breathe some life into this HPI Savage? Watch as I bust a few moves to Ska music, remove and clean a carburettor and fuel lines and try to get this nitro engine fired up after sitting doing nothing for years!!
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Good old savage I love getting these back to life
It’s due another overhaul it’s sat here so long 🤦♂️ not had it out since … 😫
@@TimsRcsurgery Ehhh it’ll be fine mate mines lasted 20 years without a single thing
its great to see some people re-using their old but gold stuff instead of buying new ones. keep it up :D
There’s more old stuff sitting here just waiting to be revived, I’ll be sure to post a video on them, keep an eye on my channel 😃
Hi Tim, What a great video ! and to see such an old model being brought back to life after so many years !! It puts a huge smile on our faces at HPI to see people like you getting the enjoyment out of the hobby.
Hopefully we will see many more years of the Savage to come,,, It's still going strong,, and fingers crossed will only get stronger..
Thanks Robert 😃
I love bringing the old ones back!!
One of my latest uploads I go through the first production Team Associated Rc8 buggy and breathe life back into it!!
Actually gonna take it a few laps of the track this weekend, watch out for that one and see how it performs compared to the modern stuff. Thanks for watching 💪🏼
I’ve just bought a savage 25 and waiting on delivery. I love keeping the old ones running . I currently have 3 old girls and much prefer the older ones.
I just this second finished light resto on an old abused Schumacher Cougar KF2, ready for the track tomorrow night 😃
Part one is already up, part 2 (driving video) hopefully be uploaded this weekend
Just went thru all of this last year with my Savage 25. Thankfully I took the batteries out of it before it sat for as long as it did.
I put the same Nimh hump pack as you did in the receiver box. A suggestion on that: get an on/off switch that has an extra "female" connection. That way you can charge the receiver pack without having to remove and reinstall it, cause we all know how much "fun" it is cramming everything back in there, and now, trying to do so with a battery that doesn't exactly fit perfect. I hope the battery in mine never sees the light of day ever again. 🎉
If you ever need wheels and tires for it, the ones from a T-maxx fit perfectly.
You can also just plug the exhaust with your finger and give the starter a few blips to prime the carburetor. I dont really like the taste of Nitro lol
These were seriously the toughest 1/8th scale trucks ever made. You can expect to break a servo, but you really have to try hard to kill one of these! Mine still has the original engine and ill can start it up right now.
Not a pleasant taste at all 🤣 I must get it out again for a rip soon!
I’m reviving an old savage that has a dynamite.28 in it. Has sat since 2011 or 2012. Buddy gave it to us, as he’s not into monster trucks anymore. I’m looking forward to ripping it against our 4s Kyosho usa 1 😁
I love bringing old stuff back to life again!! Enjoy the process dude 😀
Nice mine did it sat up from 2005 to 2015 kept after run oil in it started right up
I was pleasantly surprised!!
Looking forward to getting it out for a rip tomorrow 😃
Excellent work Tim
Sounds like you need to adjust the idle via the remote
I prefer to adjust at the carb, will always be more consistent 😃
Must get it out again soon, thanks for the comment 💪🏼
I'm hoping this is the case with mine
It was surprisingly easy to get going, it hadn’t had a hard life prior to me looking at it 😃
Thanks for watching buddy, let me know how you get on 👍
Great video. I had one of those but I couldn’t seem to get the hang of the nitro thing and how it all works. You can just tell your enjoying yourself in the video from the very beginning🤣 will we be seeing more of the savage?
Very shortly, (hopefully within the next week or so) I have new radio gear and air filter to fit, and fingers crossed, a running video! 😃
Thanks for taking the time to watch 👍
I'm as long as it ran and the glow plug is fine, no problemo
If you check out my other videos you will see I’ve fitted new electronics and actually get it out for a rip 😃
I knew before even watching the video it would fire up, these old savages are hardy, do you still run it?
I look at it every day and keep saying I should get it out but I always seem to have something else going on… really must try harder 🤦♂️🤣
@TimsRcsurgery lol I'm the same with mine, started dusting the cobwebs this week hopefully I'll get it out soon
I recently got one of these but I don't have a controller for it or anything just the actual vehicle how do I figure out what controller this thing uses
If you just go to your local hobby shop and buy a compatible transmitter and receiver, doesn’t need to be an HPI one, basically any TX with matching RX will do
I just got one of these. It was covered with sticky dust :)
Before any other step i like to know what spray you are using for cleaning carb, fuel lines.... ? Some Wurth ?
Yes, I just use Wurth brake cleaner, but sometimes the fuel lines rot and go kinda brittle or start cracking. If this is the case then just renew the fuel tube, it’s not expensive from your local hobby shop. Good luck getting it up and running 😃
I've got one just wondering how much it would sell for now days?
Not so sure, I wouldn’t imagine they would hold their money that well, everyone wants the latest and greatest these days 🤷♂️
Hello. I'm in the same process as you at the moment. But I can't seem to find out which is the correct glow plug. Which one do you use?
No.4 Standard Glow plug should be perfect for it👍👍
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Just found mine out of the garage doesn’t start up what would you recommend to try to get it going again
First thing first, is there good engine compression? If so, clean out fuel tank, fuel lines and carb, new glow plug and fresh fuel. Prime the engine with fuel and should fire straight up 😃
@@TimsRcsurgery thank you I’ll be heading to the store soon 🙂🤞
@@dhilankerai3585 good luck, let me know how you get on 👍
@@TimsRcsurgery the car started but shut off after a couple seconds so I think it’s a matter of tuning
@@dhilankerai3585 are the wheels on or off the ground?
Could be clutch sticking too.
Don’t try and tune the engine until it’s at normal operating temperature, then start with tuning high end needle, then the low end. Don’t go too lean or you could burn out a plug or worse, damage the engine!
Make sure your air filter is clean with fresh filter oil 👍
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