This units is in my waiting list to own. Finally on 4/2/2018 i can own and touch this RC. Most time just look at people want to sale, but expensive over sea saler. KYOSHO SUPERTEN FW04 Nitro RC. One of the FW series. This is from year 2000..
Start bloog = 7/2/2018
Last Update bloog = 4/1/2023
Spending spareparts = Rm25
2000 - 2024 = 24 Years
Made in Japan (🇯🇵).
Problems found
1. All damper low oil.
2. Broken lhs front body stand bracket
3. Dirty with dirt on chassis and parts
4. Damage receiver
5. Front bumper bottom dent
6. Lhs front lower arm damage
7. Missing 4 screw front radio tray
8. No greese in front and rear axle gear
9. No engine
10. No on/off switch
11. No servo
12. No fuel tank.
13. No body.
14. Radio tray dent
15. Scratch bottom chassis
16. Suspension pin 4 pcs rusty
17. Two type of rims
Look like this RC has a accident. This car belong to some one sent for repair but didn't come back to collect and stay at the shop for few years. So the shop owner don't want to keep anymore he sold to me for RM66.66. (BUY 3 units for RM200 so each units is RM66.66). No fully option parts, with ball bearing on wheels, 2 speed gear and disc brake.
To repair and clean i use 3 days, luckily i already down load PDF for this instruction manual. So slowly rebuild it. No body cover given but i will not race this units just want to repair and collect it. No more parts sale, only few in Amazon. Hope every one enjoy my photo.
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| The ori box not mine |
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| Not my car just to show the New FW04 Image |
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| The Instruction Manual download pdf. |
A) Below Photo Before Remove to Clean and Repair
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| The condition of my RC before redo |
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| No electrical component |
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| Front bumper have a impack until the body stand broken and damage lhs bottom arm. |
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| The previous owner try repair but damage another acc. |
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| From top view |
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| Using electric wire to repair the damage. Not the correct way to repair. The bumper also deform |
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| Rear suspension top |
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| With 2 speed gear in good condition |
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| 80% ok |
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| Rear shaft, the bend radio tray |
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| The thick dust |
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| Front shaft, missing screw front radio tray |
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| Front suspension top view |
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| The engine location |
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| The radio compartment, No on/off switch |
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| The battery case and sanwa receiver with cut off wire |
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| Sanwa receiver |
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| The cover |
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| Two type of rims and with silk tyre |
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| Rear wheel 4 inch wide |
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| Front tyre |
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| Rear suspension |
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| Disc brake |
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| The exhaust hook |
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| Front suspension arm |
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| Bottom chassis with heavy scratch |
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| Rear body post |
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| Rear shock is in the center of top suspension arm. Normaly is outside. |
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| Rear view |
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| Rear damper |
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| Rear using dogbone |
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| Front using UJ |
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| Front top view missing 4 radio tray screw |
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| Plastic handle |
B) Some of photo that i started remove the parts and repair
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| Removing the broken arm |
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| Badly damage |
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| Broken arm, repair before, with electric wire, metal, glue and tape. Not that strong break again wrongly repair. |
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| Bottom |
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| Remove every thing |
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| Thick UJ |
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| Dirty bearing |
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| All wheels with dirty bearing |
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| The radio tray |
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| Sanwa AM receiver with cut off wire |
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| Battery case |
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| The center shaft after remove the radio tray |
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| 2 speed gear and the 2 shaft |
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| Brake disc and stuck pad |
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| Steering arm without ball bearing |
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| Front gear box |
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| Front gear box bottom dirty |
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| Removing both side bracket |
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| The front gear look like small wornoff, the greese mix with ion partical. |
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| Greese dry up. |
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| After redo, First clean the broken parts from old glue, super glue again the broken parts, use alum thick plate bend acording to shape and srew into. Last add more super glue in side Or can use ion glue. |
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| Bottom view |
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| Rear suspension parts |
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The alum chassis. Bottom scratch can't do much just repaint or touchup
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| Rear wheel carrier with 3 ball end, dirty |
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| All parts remove |
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| Special mounting for rear shock |
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All the rear suspension parts
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Rear gear box, lest wornoff
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| Still have oil compare to front gear |
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| All the dismental parts, every parts need to wash with wd40 |
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| Closer view |
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| Closer view |
C) The last photo is after clean and redo. Fully clean.
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| Top view |
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| Bottom view |
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| Top view front suspension, the broken parts has been modified |
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| No more broken only can run slow not heavy run. |
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| Clean chassis and parts |
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| Rear rhs |
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| With clean rear suspension |
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| Missing fuel tank, ori tank can't get. Need to go kyosho shop to find almost same. |
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| 2 center shaft and 2 speed gear |
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| Rear engine locatiom |
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| Rear top view |
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| Radio compartment |
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| Add a on/off switch |
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| Front wheel using screw to tighten the wheels same as real, no nut. |
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| Rear wheel |
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| Steering linkage |
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| Front shaft |
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| Rear shaft |
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| Brake disc, no more stuck brake |
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| Add servo (not function) and radio system |
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| Top view |
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| Bottom view |
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| Radio tray on, with a damage fuel tank just to show. |
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| Other side |
The next i will add in a body and engine just to show. Know i have a clean KYOSHO superten for display. Another rework projeck finish hiphip huray.
Going to rework another 2 more RC.
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| Kyosho fuel tank expensive, buy a Huang Qi brand for RM25. Different is the screw seat, modified a alum plate on the bottom. |
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| I put the kyosho 15 engine that i bought 2 units last month and attach some parts that left over, not yet star and run because servo damage. Just to show car with engine in. |
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| Look nicer with every thing in |
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| From top view |
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| Top engine |
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| Back view |
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| From front |
Final do wheel alaiment only camber can be adjust, Toe in and out can do because the plastic rules too short.
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| Rear and front toe just do my best because the rules short. |
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| Front wheel alaiment |
On 24/2/2019 i DIY the front and rear sway bar and add a bumper sponge. Still this car body i not yet fine. I have few body it can fit. More shorten.
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| DIY front sway bar. The wire is thiner. Soft sway bar. |
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| For front the linkage hold the bottom suspension arm. |
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| Rear sway bar thick wire |
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| A linkage hold the top suspension arm. |
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| Add a from bumper sponge. |
Only left body, this chassis is longer, can't simple buy from net. My old body mostly too shot.
4/7/2021 take out add after run oil into engine and turn it no starting.
9/8/2021 add in fuel filter and air cooler. Buy cheap from china Fuel filter rm5 and air cooler Rm 0.60
Enjoy RC
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