5/11/2022 found another vintage RC CEN TR4 4WD Nitro year 2003 RTR. The car look terrible dirty keep for long time after play . Come with electronic device and Remote. The saller sale 3 rc for 550 + some parts. From his collection first RC is HL sprint clone Kyosho FW05, second CEN CT5, last is CEN TR4. I asking only the TR4 for Rm150. Serching this RC information not many in website. No assembly manual in pdf, found only overview as reference. Spareparts not sale anymore in Malaysia..
Start blogger = 6/11/2022
Updates = 16/2/2023
Sum for Spareparts = RM5
2003 - 2024 = 21 Years
Made in USA (🇺🇸)
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| Not mine just to show the box |
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| The option parts |
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| The new rc image |
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| The 3 units sale for rm550, if i take all 3 rc, center rc i already own CEN CT5. |
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| The condition of the RC for sale and given extra parts. |
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| In filty dirty condition. |
Assembly manual can't get in Pdf but in overview.
7/11/2022 got it, not with me yet with my runner.
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| The remort and extra parts |
In my hand 1/12/2022. When i look at it wooo terribly Condition because this car has been keep for 5 years un service. My second tough first RC rework because some ballbearing heavy rusted can't turn and remove. Full of sand and dirt, Engine can't turn after spray WD ok. All the electrical wire broken. Steering can't turn rust on shaft, the drive gear hard to turn, all screw hard to open not because rusty but never open before, buy new never service.
Fault Found
1. All screw rusty
2. All wheel using plastic Hex, 3 missing pin
3. All suspension arm hard to move rusty pin
4. Acc linkage rusty.
5. All wire broken in pieces
6. All dogbone rusty and jamup with axle case.
7. Bumper Form torn due to rat bite
8. Battery for receiver not remove asid leak.
9. No body
10. Filty dirty with sand, dust and rusty, 5 year didn't service just put in stor.
11. Steering can't turn.
12. Exhaust full of coroded white dust.
13. Exhaust manifold didn't tighten.
14. No engine pull start
15. Radio tray corroded.
16. No ballbearing on all wheels.
17. Fuel tank outlet pumping rubber torn
18. Engine body corroded.
19. Glow plug rusty.
20. Caburetor jem, all the adjusment needle can't turn.
21. No Side belt tensioner bearing.
22. Ball end cup damage lhs Steering.
23. Lhs steering arm bending
24. Fuel tank lid hard to open rusty spring.
25. Under chassis heavy scratch.
26. Engine CEN 16 jam up
27. Using Ofna Hyper 10 tune pipe, ori damage given.
28. 3 pcs moving gear with ballbearing rusty hard to turn and remove.
29. Center shaft rusty.
30. Greese almost dry in axle case.
31. Front/rear axle no ballbearing use.
32. The fuel line crack when remove
33. No front stabilizer bar, rear have
34. The engine drive bell rusty and can't remove screw.
35. Given the cen remote no battery holder, cover and terminal corroded.
36. Given a Electric parts don't know for what use.
37. Given the loose pull start not complete.
38. Receiver wire break
39. The axle small gear lest greese
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| The engine |
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| Rusty caburetor |
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| Broken adjustable ball end |
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| Rusty glow plug. |
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| Not screw exjaust port |
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| All wheel no ballbearing and pin using plastic HEX |
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| Heavy scratch |
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| Battery not remove |
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| No belt Tensional Post |
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| Side belt still ok |
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| Given CEN remote |
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| No bottom cover and battery holder |
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| Terminal +/- corroded |
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| Antena |
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| All screw rusty |
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| No pull start |
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| Corroded white dust |
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| Tank inside dust partical |
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| Fuel lid hard to open spring rusty |
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| The fuel out let pump rubber damage |
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| Damage bumper form, look like biten by rat. |
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| CEN Am receiver |
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| Caburetor corroded and all adjusment needle jem up |
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| Cab plunger can't move. Spray with WD to loosen up. |
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| 2 speed gear ok |
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| Rusted on all adjustable rod. steering can't turn |
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| All spring rusty |
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| The extra parts given |
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| Driff wheels not a ready made, buy the outer set and glue on a wheels |
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| Extra front bumper top view |
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| Bottom view |
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| A air filter without sponge |
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| A broken exjaust pipe from CEN Racing |
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| Broken exjaust holder |
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| Don't know for what. |
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| The pull star left over parts. |
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| Switch wire broken |
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| Using both ori CEN 82108 servo |
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| Steering ballend dented |
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| With rear stabilizer bar, all suspension arm no broken or damage |
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| Full of sand and dust |
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| Steering knuckle hard to turn rusty screw |
Start remove parts and investigate the damage or faulty parts.
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| The 2 post hard to open |
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| The dogbone tighten with cable strip |
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| The spacer put full mean no oil inside maybe. |
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| This a tune pipe from Ofna Hyper 10 FEMCA 1001. |
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| All wire broken |
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| Broken wire |
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| The battery didn't remove acid leak out terminal damage |
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| Battery Panasonic Thailand |
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| Radio tray corroded |
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| The acc linkage not tighten |
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| The rusty bell, flywheel |
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| Dusty and dirty after remove radio tray |
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| Below radio tray green sustent is battery acid. |
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| The center belt still in good condition |
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| Center shaft rusty |
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| Below the fuel tank sand |
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| Damage fuel outlet rubber pump |
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| No crack |
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| Steering servo can't turn all turn buckle hard to operate due to ball end rusty. |
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| CEN NT16 engine |
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| No pull start |
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| The filemen still white, test still ok. |
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| Engine jemup use WD spray inside and slowly turn the flywheel, ok look like the compression still good |
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| After removing the steering servo found steering jem up not servo |
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| Ballbearing total rusty |
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| The front gear is hard to turn |
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| Remove rear axle can't remove the shaft stuck ballbearing. |
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| Center shaft ballbearing hard to remove i broke it. To remove i grind the ballbearing inner core. |
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| Grind the ballbearing inner core |
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| All the wheel carrier hard no gress on screw and shaft |
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| Rear drive hub and dogbone rusty |
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| Hex nut no pin |
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| Rear axle |
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| Another stuck ballbearing |
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| Steering arm very steeve the 2 shaft rust inside. |
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| Front axle |
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| The axle |
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| Almost dry up |
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| Inside axle case still have 2 more gear |
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| The axle no ballbearing use on side |
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| The extra gear |
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| The shock absorber oil still new |
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| The shock with two size shaft |
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| Rear gear box no greese |
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| Finally the stuck ballbearing remove, the shaft realy rusty. |
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| This the 2 speed shaft, ballbearing out the pulley press mark. |
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| All parts fuel tank remove the spring too rusty will break. |
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| Both belt in good condition |
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| Cylinder and liner ok |
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| All engine parts remove |
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| Full remove |
All parts will be wash and remove all rust.
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| The rust been remove, found one pcs bend need to knock back |
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| All ball head been polish and clean |
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| Parts of the screw remove the rusty and sprsy wd. |
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| Total service |
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| Compression still good. Start up after service use starter box. |
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| Worm few second |
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| Tested on car engine run well |
All parts clean
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| Axle gear full new greese |
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| Done front axle case |
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| All change to ballbearing from coper bushing |
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| Done Rear axle case |
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| I add 4 pcs ballbearing on steering arm |
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| Done the belting, axle |
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| All wheels with ball. The aluminium hex will change later. |
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| Front done |
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| Rear done |
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| 2 servo redo the wire, both 2 function |
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| Radio tray parts done. The purple colour gone, leave the aluminium alloy base. |
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| Fuel tank, engine fix. |
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| All service, next final touchup see any parts not fitted. And will start the engine. |
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| The remote given not function. But this receiver ok after test. |
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| For receiver power no more using 4 pcs battery housing. |
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| Modified a hose into the fuel passage. |
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| Change the fuel tank cap spring |
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| Add a fuel filter |
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| DIY belt tensional bearing |
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| DIY sponge for air filter |
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| DIY a carry bar. |
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| Add a turning dice |
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| 16/1/2023 change all wheel hex to aluminium 5mm. |
Wheels alaiment
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| The bumper form i burn and press to look event |
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| Using Mercedes Benz CLK body ori. |
16/2/23 Add 2 item ,exhaust return air cooler and rubber tyre.
Done Enjoy RC.
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