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Not everyone is a engineering geek and even if one is then sometimesa quick tip or some helpful advice is always welcome. We all wantsome kind of help on how to keep all unwanted particles coming intoyour car engine. A simple remedy is to secure your air filter. Anotheroption can be to buy du-bro body clip retainers and make sure thatthey remain clipped and do not get loose.
Sometimes your car may act funny. If you turn on your car and itkeeps steering to one side, even if you keep the wheels straight, checkif your car has a “steering trim” knob/wheel/button option. If there isnone then may be adjusting steering servo armature length will do thetrick.
A lot of dirt gets accumulated under the chassis and the most to getaffected are the screw heads. To get clean and sparkling screw headsunder the chassis, spray denatured alcohol on screw heads and thenpick the dirt with the help of paper clip. It is an effective way to cleanyour screw heads that are packed with dirt enough so that your hexdriver can have enough meat to grab on. It is recommended to usedenatured alcohol as it seems to work better than the simple green ormotor cleaner.
Compressed air also works better for cleaning after a good day ofracing. But an old sock always does the trick to clean your carsparkling and shining. The soft wool or cotton wipes off the dirt likemagic. But one has to be sure not leave any lose threads going intothe car. A small painter brush always cleans unreachable areas andcleans them gently. To wipe of sticky mud under the chassis or on thebody of the car using a toothbrush to brush it off also helps. But makesure not to scratch your cars paint with a too hard brush bristles.Keeping spare starter batteries and checking on your tx, rx, and glowplug starter before going out with your car also helps. This is a mustwhen your batteries or lights etc have been in use for a while.
If you want an alternative way out to shut down the engine incomparison to du-bro exhaust plug you can use a pencil to plug theexhaust to shut down the engine fast.
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