Have Mercy, it will live on. 🍀 Happy Saint Patrick's day Everyone 🍀. Thanks for sharing Earl. 💯👍👊✌

Hello. Thats the best thing about rc it gives you things to work on / problem solve . Love it 👍🏼

Great video Earl and yes I love watching all your wrenching videos I learn a lot from you 🛠️👍💯

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Must be a beast to clean🤣 it’s huge!!!!! lol great video🔥🔥🔥🔥

Jeez guy you're getting a body workout with this thing

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

Right 🤪🤪

@harrysheldon7897

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I take the plug out if it’s wet take lighter burn the tip of the plug until it goes out then put the plug back in usually works check for spark and try new plug too go to stock settings on carb

Once they are flooded out, it will take it a minute to burn out the gas that thas accumulated in the case. So adjusting the needles may be a futile thing as once the excess fuel is burned out, you'll need to readjust. But for the first 5 plus tanks, you'll find you need to adjust the needles as the motor wears in a little more.

Great video Earl...thats why when I went lipo, I never looked back...lol

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂

Great content vid .......I know that this vid is old , if it's flooded the way how I cleared it out of the motor on my 5t , I disconnected the fuel lines so that it doesn't keep taking fuel in that was causing it to flood when i pull start it , once you disconnect the lines the motor is still gonna have fuel in it so once you pull start it it'll crank over and burn out any remaining fuel in it and the motor will shut off since it has nothing left to conbust , then you can reconnect the fuel line and it should work fine .......hope it helps anyone that goes thro this

Reminds me of my old Plymouth. The needle valve would stick open and flood it out, so I’d give a rap on the side of the carb bowl, then hold the throttle wide open and crank it. Be back on the road in 2 minutes 😂 But I know, that’s a different needle than the mixture needles you’re twisting here. That was the float valve on the inlet, and I don’t imagine that has one of those

Definitely killer!! I definitely want to get one badly

Jeez guy 10 foot pole adjuster from the outside of the garage. You need carrier bearing with that thing

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahaahah yes idk why I was using it 🤪🤪

yes.... please do. I actually like your meticulous way 🙂

Ha. I see you figured it out after I typed my comments. funny. Start back to stock needle settings. 1 1/4 out on L and 1 1/2 in H. then Readjust. Aftera few months the gas may be bad as well (absorbed water out of the air as gas is hygroscopic).

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I really was only turning 1/8th back n forth as I felt something else was wrong 👍👍

when i store my 5th scales for longer then a week or so i always drain fuel from tank and carb never let fuel sit in carb or tank i always clean the air filters and deap clean the chasis u definatly need to re set your carb linkage and set your end points u can hear the servo buzzing allot thats not good to have cant wait to see you rip the 5t some more i love mine u gave me an idea for my next live feed or vid

My 5t sat all winter,never experienced that! I don't use ethenol fuel though ...all I can think of!

Yes...go for it!

Yes please show us the fix 👍👍👍

I was eyeing the jato 3.3 back in the day and as I did my research (a lot of research) i figured out nitro was not for me. still love to watch you wrench on them though. When is High desert hobbies gonna loan you a sledge for review?? id love to see the earl moorhead take on it :) Happy RC'ing

Job 👍video like 👍👌OK for it can take long time we all love rc

That X-Maxx looks like a Micro Machine next to the Losi.

Maybe use ethanol free gas also if you don't. That would help on the gum up if you forgot to clean anything.

Just more tlc to do on a gas engine cars. Fuel goes bad, oil degrades. Carb dries out. Part of it and why winterizing prep is so important.

That damn screw driver had my anxiety threw the roof😅

I was thinking of getting into gas but think ill stick to electric. Reminds me of the days i was little trying to start the mower. Appreciate your patience Earl, i dont think i would have been able to stay that calm. Thanks for the video

Yeah I'm interested in your carb rebuild

This is the exact reason I don't own anything gas or nitro. Had a 5T with O'Neill brothers motor, and Turtle Racing just about everything else. This video sums up what ownership experience was like. This video makes me wanna hug my Infraction and Mojave. Keep it up Earl. Make sure you dust my Limitless.

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

🤪

fuel stabilizer.. it will forever be my bestfriend lol.

Make sure your fuel cap vent is not plugged.

This is kinda why i have stuck to electric all this time and this is what i'm scared of if i get a gas or nitro RC. I still like the 5ive t but i don't want to deal with the noise and maintenance of a gas motor but i found on fearless RC they have a 5ive t 1.0 clone roller on their site and i can do an electric conversion to it for a little more than an official 5ive T 2.0 gas.

If you change the plug and put some fresh gas in it it'll start right up that's what was wrong with mine today

could have over oiled the air filter too. causing it to not draw enough air in, which will cause it to flood as well.

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

Yes if I oiled it but it’s still factory oiled as I’ve ran it three time prior 👍👍

EARL….I leave the fuel in mine also,,,but I make it a point to at least once a month to fire it ,,,sometimes even sooner,,,,just like I do my lawn equipment,,,no issues🇺🇸🚘👈

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

Most lawn equipment has a separate oil injection tank problem with this is oil separates then it end up staining the tank to wear you can’t see in 😳

@jimmygeorge3582

2 жыл бұрын

@@earlmoorhead5555 …my lawn equipment uses the Same mix as the rc nitros. Sometimes 50/50…my stuff doesn’t have oil injection…..I’ve got a plane that has a weed whacked motor ….I just start them on the off season to prevent buildup. I’ve done it this way for years with no fuel issues at all…I do add marvel mystery oil also….just sayin’….

Please Write Earl what I need to do to start engine again.

Hey Earl. Need an address or PO Box to send you this remote kill switch for your dbxl.

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate it but I have ordered kill switches for both my rc cars 👍👍

Love bench videos. I also will never own a gas powered rc. I want trouble free power plants

EARL...... you need to put duct tape or similar over the outside of the outer wears to the back of the air filter box, so half the tape is on the outerwear and the other half stuck to the filter box, dirt gets between the elastic on the outer wear and black filter box and messes up your filter. with the tape on it you can run 10 plus tanks and it will still be clean on the inside DONT COVER THE BREATHABLE HOLES JUST STICK THE BACK DOWN ALL AROUND

That's the best part of a real rc car not the wackelectric guys that don't want to put work in I still choose nitro and gas over the wacklectrics

definitely needs the carb pulled off and cleaned up , get those gummy varnish spots out of the passages :)

Makes you appreciate electric more doesn't it? Especially if you had more than a few 2-strokes to worry about

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

I’m used to these problems being a mechanic I see it daily 🤪🤪

Hey Earl. Got that Micro Pico Shut off switch I mentioned in your other Losi vid. LMK if you'd like it and I'll get it sent out to you. Simple setup. Wire the black and red wire to your manual engine kill switch, and plug the other side into your RX aux channel. Set the aux channel u for 2 way operation,. one way is on, the other is off.

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏 appreciate it 💯💯

Yes

Yes please

5 minute carb clean it would have been running but no adjust the screws and wear out the recoil for a half an hour instead.

How many runs do you have on the tires on that orange x-maxx on the shelf ? It might be the dirt on them but the look pretty wore already. How are they holding up for you ?

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

I have a lot of runs on them and two have been replaced but when they came unglued dirt gets inside so that makes them unbalance for sure

Earl you have lot better patients than I have. I would of grabbed a sledge hammer and bet the hell out of it 😉🧐

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

😱🤪🤪😂

Reminds me of my Stihl chainsaw. Im some glad i got rid of it. My Sachs Dolmar is a tank you could leave fuel in it all summer and still fire it up in a few pulls. What about getting a 4 stroke for it instead? Love your videos brother keep em coming.

try using stabil in your fuel it can sit a year and still fire with no problems

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

There was sand in the carb and some in the tank idk how it got passed the filter 👍👍

Probably why mine won't start.. the carb is dirty... these are not great for dirt everything to exposed

YES

Do they make a fuel injection kit for this? My big pro husky saw is fuel injected and this thing absolutely rips!

@nstewart636

Жыл бұрын

Not true fuel injection I guess it’s a smart carb system. But it’s always dialed in perfectly.

Yeah l run all the fuel out after I run mine Got to treat them like a nitro, New plug for sure when it gets flooded.💯

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I’ll sand blast the old plug keep it as a spare I truly thought I drained it and ran it dry but I washed it and forgot to refire it after I drained it 💯🤷🏻‍♂️🤪🤪

@jonvoogd511

2 жыл бұрын

@@earlmoorhead5555 my carb needs some work done on it too. That take a trip to my LHS. He is a older version of you,he can fix any thing RC. Have you ordered the new Traxxas Sledge? I'll be waiting for your review of that. $800

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I did 👍👍

das ist alles werkseingestellt da braucht man nix kerze raus🤔

Earl change it to electric.

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

😳😳

@SlickTrickRC

2 жыл бұрын

Nah. It just needs a carb cleaning.

Your carburetor is either causing you problems or you need a new spark plug

Today I have the same problem. The engine was stop after 20 minutes run. I can't start engine now. What is the problem. I buy this car one month ago. I just drive him 30 minut at all.

@raulcervantes3595

Жыл бұрын

I am in the same boat. I bought a brand new Lois T5. After 15 runs it doesn’t start anymore. I clean the carburetor, new plug and nada. I took it to local shop they said I need a new carburetor, spark plug and stator. They said it will be cheaper to get new engine. Total 339. Are you kidding me. I sent an email to Horizon Hobby since I bought it there. They told me they are sorry and they can offer e 10% off on my next purchase. Now I have a 1700k RC car sitting in the garage.

@earlmoorhead5555

Жыл бұрын

Wow 🤷🏻‍♂️

Hey Erl, what's the difference between 5ive T 2.0 and 1.0?

@earlmoorhead5555

4 ай бұрын

Biggest change was the engine went to the 34cc from the 29cc

Are you running pump gas?

Electric for the win lol. No nice vid for real. 👍

It probably old fuel in carb. Clean the carb.

Dude I believe I need to go back to early limitless give away videos. This gas nitro tooo complicated

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

🤪🤪

Would you purchase this over a DBXL 2.0 gas? Can only swing one at a time.

@earlmoorhead5555

Жыл бұрын

5t yes

@nstewart636

Жыл бұрын

@@earlmoorhead5555 that much better? I hear it handles quite a bit better.

@earlmoorhead5555

Жыл бұрын

@@nstewart636 steering and suspension is just set up right the dbxle platform has great steering one way and terrible steering the other way it’s the whole reason I never bought the 2.0 gas

@nstewart636

Жыл бұрын

@@earlmoorhead5555 would the optional dual steering servos fix that?

@nstewart636

Жыл бұрын

Does the gas model have the same issue being the steering servo isn’t oriented the same direction?

CRAPPY CALI FUEL

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

We have the best of the worsts 🤪🤪

Untypisch das die Zenoah so schlecht anspringen. Man schraubt auch nicht an den Nadeln wenn der Motor kalt ist

Rode hard and put away wet🖖

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

Really was I forgot to clean it 😱😱

@spike--

2 жыл бұрын

@@earlmoorhead5555 lol

are you using premix or mixing your own 2 stroke

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

Mixing my own

@williamcrispin4090

2 жыл бұрын

i always use the highest octane available we've already spent alot on these as it is not a good time to go cheap right

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I use trick race fuel 100 oct to mix with the oil as well

Does this rig come with reverse?

@earlmoorhead5555

Жыл бұрын

No

@doublem6027

Жыл бұрын

@@earlmoorhead5555 bummer. Should have reverse for almost 2k

@earlmoorhead5555

Жыл бұрын

@@doublem6027 most all gas powered rc don’t

I hope you run non ethanol gas. Ethanol is no good for small engines. But I'm sure you know this already. It gels and clogs carbs.

@SlickTrickRC

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh dirty air filter. I love guessing. Lol

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

Yes trick race fuel 👍👍

I run vp

I hate these radios I never could get anything rite on mine

Always soak your air filters in gasoline or some other abrasive liquid, dipping the filters in water will not do anything...come man are you serious? water?..There are Oils in the filters, water will not help with oils......I also noticed you are cranking that pull start about 80 times....If she don't start after 3-6 pulls...STOP...Don't keep yanking on that pullstart so many times and check spark / fuel mixture and the carb settings.... is this your first 5th scale?

@earlmoorhead5555

2 жыл бұрын

Dish soap and water 😳

@TMacDo243

Жыл бұрын

Yep. This guy clearly doesn’t have much experience w 2 strokes. He pulled too many times with the choke on to start, and then kept trying the same thing without actually doing anything to fix it. The needles aren’t flooding your engine… now when you do fix the real issue your needle will be messed up. This guy is a noob.

Yes

Yes