Anyone here know anything about vintage repairing RC cars

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Anyone here know anything about vintage repairing RC cars

I know it's not arcade related but it's from the same era!

I have a 1982 Nikko Toyota Hi-lux 4WD RC truck that I would like to repair.

The problem is that the car only goes forward. It won't move unless I touch the antenna from the controls to the antenna of the vehicle. I don't even have to push the controls for it to go forward. It just does it on it's own when I touch the antennas together.

Anyone have any ideas of what's going on and how to fix this issue?
I'm hoping the control board isn't bad.

Here's a similar type of truck except mine is the black California model.

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i would guess this has not been played with in a while? try pulling the sevo on the car and the receiver and putting them back in if that dont work just go down to yer local hobby shop and buy some more "chips" 14-23- or what ever and it should work just fine.should be a pretty cheap fix.
 
He wont get parts to fix that from a hobby shop as it is not a hobby grade vehicle.It is a toy. I would just sell it. There are allot of people that would like to have the body from it to build a scale trail truck. There is no reciever in the truck it is just a printed circuit board. You would have to dissasemble it,find out which components control the signal/throttle and then order the parts.After that intricate solder work would have to be done.
 
Haha. I went in to the hobby shop and they looked at me like I was out of my mind. "throw it out!" was said multiple times. They didn't even want to hear it.
 
Are you sure its a nikko. Not a tamiya. That would make a huge difference can you take a picture of the bottom chassi I'm afraid I now more about this than games.
 
It would be possible to gut it and rewire it with a modern receiver, speed controller and steering servo. Possibly even replace the motor with a better one. Would take some engineering though.
But if you want to keep it stock, then I suggest keeping an eye on eBay for a similar model that you can swap parts with easily.

Have you ever had a nitro powered RC car?
 
Haha. I went in to the hobby shop and they looked at me like I was out of my mind. "throw it out!" was said multiple times. They didn't even want to hear it.

People collect old R/C stuff and some of it goes for big bucks (mostly old Tamiya kits). I am sure somebody would love to have it. The more you alter it the less it will be worth.
 
I used to fix RC cars back in the 80's. I'd get broken ones for free from friends, fix them and sell 'em! Anyhow, it was common on these for the small transistors on the transmitter AND receiver PCB's to go bad. I would start right there....well, along with the usual suspects - check voltages, look for physical damage, acid damage, etc. Easy as pie!!

Seriously, these things are SO easy to fix. Now, you'll run into trouble when the plastic parts start to break/fail - the parts are not so easy to come by now. If that's the case, some fancy footwork with some homebrew casting should do the trick....or throw the whole thing into the parts bin and keep it around for the next '82 RC car you have that might need parts. :)

Dave


I know it's not arcade related but it's from the same era!

I have a 1982 Nikko Toyota Hi-lux 4WD RC truck that I would like to repair.

The problem is that the car only goes forward. It won't move unless I touch the antenna from the controls to the antenna of the vehicle. I don't even have to push the controls for it to go forward. It just does it on it's own when I touch the antennas together.

Anyone have any ideas of what's going on and how to fix this issue?
I'm hoping the control board isn't bad.
 
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