RC 87. My Memory Having RC Car. My no58 RC. KYOSHO GP10 1/10 Nitro @ FW02 1994.

October 28, 2024

RC 87. My Memory Having RC Car. My no58 RC. KYOSHO GP10 1/10 Nitro @ FW02 1994.

28/10/2024, Happy buy another old secondhand RC for Rm200 from kepong KL. Is a 1994 KYOSHO GP10 1/10 Nitro or call FW02. Saller say is a working RC only no fuel tank and uncomplete exhaust. He sale for Rm350 ask to reduce to Rm200 after he see my RC collection in blogger, Serious buyer.

The few body to choose when in the market

1. 31391 - Castrol Celica Turbo 4wd

2. 31393 - Mercedes Benz C Class DTM

3. 31401 - Alfa Romeo 155 V6 T1

4. 31403 - Opel Calibra V6 DTM

Start blogger = 28/10/2024

Up date blog = 3/11/2024

Fault Found after receiving

1. All 4 rubber tyre damage inside camber too negative.

2. All 4 suspention pin rusty, movement hard.

3. All wheels hub using copper bushing

4. Axle case using copper bushing

5. All dogbone rusty

6. All wheels hub with dirty oil lubricant for copper bushing.

7. All damper low oil

8. Both center proppeler shaft rusty

9. Caburetor 2 body screw hard to remove

10. Caburetor plunger tread damage.

11. Dirty and damage rim

12. Exhaust missing half parts due to center screw broken.

13. Engine and cab can't turn jem.

14. Engine flywheel lock screw loose, no free play on washer.

15. Exhaust missing air return nipple

16. Engine piston liner hard to remove

17. Front proppeler shaft holder using longer allen screw.

18. No fuel tank but given HSP tank

19. No air filter

20. No assembly manual can't get in Internet.

21. No body cover

22. No Remort system

23. No bumper form

24. No body post 4 pcs

25. No battery holder

26. No greese on both axle gear

27. Pull star string to long shorten by tight 3 knob.

28. Pull start one way bearing stuck

29. Rusty turn buckle

30. Rusty few screw

31. Rear lhs/rhs suspension arm wrong fitted.

32. Rear damper wrongly fitted ori face inside.

33. Steering tie rod end bend 1 pcs

34. Sand inside engine pull start

35. Sand and oil mixed on chassis

36. Steering center tightening beam wrongly fitted upside-down.

37. Two speed gear bearing rusty hard to remove.

38. The C hub wrongly fitted, Lhs fix at rhs/Rhs fix at lhs.

39. Wheel shaft hub rusty.

40. Wheel nut super tighten

After observations, found out this rc buy new, play for few time engine problem try to fix back then play, until try remove the exhaust broke the screw, leave it only keep clean for display. The worst is the engine never add after run oil leave the engine un attand with dry slug and rust for many many years. For the Chassis, bumper, suspension housing look new fine scratch. The second gear center lock still in good shape. I got another partly play with good condition RC. This previous owner not a real fan of RC no upgaraded parts is fix.

I will upgrade some parts all the copper bushing to ballbearing, New fuel tank, change the exhaust, add body post, new body, New Bumper Form, New Servo, Fuel filter, Fuel Tank Air Cooler. Not going to race this rc, parts can't get in Malaysia. For display Vintage. No assembly manual but from a rc guy say, use 1993 Kyosho Inferno 10 4WD buggy 70% parts same.

The ori image

The box not mine

The ori image not mine

This is over view 1992 Kyosho GP10 FW01,
few parts same as FW02

To assembly guideline I use 1993 Kyosho Inferno 10 4WD

70 % parts same. (Buggy to Touring)

image from saller.

Got the car with my runner. Given a fuel tank..

The car

Missing exhaust parts

The switch on

Caburetor stuck

The drive gear ok.

Steering servo

Engine acc servo

no body post

Front bumper no form and look new

Top view front suspension

Front drive shaft using dogbone

steering

Tyre inside damage. Camber out

Rear dogbone

Rear tyre damaged inside

Front oil damper

Rear oil damper wrongly fitted ori inside.

Radio tray

Don't know why Kyosho made this servo hold. Ori this area for Receiver and bottom battery holder

The servo terminal ok

Pull start string us been retight

Cyclinder head no damage or scratch

The brake and acc linkage

Brake lever

bottom chassis less scratch

Extra aluminium plate protect the rear axle.

Front bumper bottom no heavy damage.

Front suspension arm bottom no scratch

Rear suspension arm wrongly fitted. The alen screw serpose under the chassis bracket

Turn Buckle rusty

No body post and the bracket not sure for what purpose.

Ori kyosho Fuel tank with a red cap missing, but given a HSP fuel tank.

The 2 speed gear ok

Missing one section

One servo control beake and acc, look too near

Rear metal proppeler shaft

Front proppeler shaft

2 speed gear ok. No more sale

The Nitro Engine

Kyosho 10 size engine GX11X

With dry slug and Rusty

The air return nipple missing

The exhaust tighten screw break

Glow rusty

No 8

The tighten pinion 2 speed gear loose when turn due to extra washer no free play

Use WD40 to loose the slug

Rusty

Pull start with sand inside

Slug

Remove before rubber seal

The one way Pull start shaft stuck and rust

How to turn the piston

The caburetor plunger tread damage

One way bearing hard to remove.

All dismental

With 3 knob

WD40 remove the liner and Piston

Caburetor body screw hard to remove.

Manage to remove the screen rusty inside crankshaft

WD40 to soften the slug in liner

Using a Aluminium corn shape wheel hex

The C hub and steering hub wrongly fitted lhs fix at rhs / rhs to lhs

One pcs bend

Damage 4 pcs Rush tyre

Copper bushing

All dogbone and wheel carrier rusty

Rusty steering hub, lubricant with oil dirt

With adjustment spring hard damper

Rear hub

Scratch miner

Suspension pin rusty

The wheel nut over tighten

A special aluminium plate cover the rear axle gear

Removing rear axle parts

Rear suspension

Dry no greese

Rusty suspension pin lock

Clean housing

Shock and body star rear

Clean body like new

Rusty axle drive ballbearing

No greese

Inside using copper bushing

Using metal bushing

Axle gear no greese

Steering arm center tighten beam wrongly fitted upside down

Steering

Bottom using plastic bushing

Radio Trsy

Radio tray top

Radio tray bottom

Using Sanwa 1301 servo

The steering servo

Removing 2 speed housing.

Two speed gear housing

Gear in good condition

Rusty ballbearing

Rusty ballbearing stuck on second gear lock

Brake disc.

Hard to get this 2 speed gear. 40/43

2 speed housing total remove

Front Suspension

The chassis top

Front axle

With a long allen nut

Using copper bushing rust

Dry no greese

No greese

All axle parts remove

Leaking

Low oil

Fully dismental

Parts in detergents loosen the dust /oil

The clean parts

Next assembly

Reopen the two knob

Wind back two time

Cyclinder glow seat clean

Ballbearing for axle

After soak in WD40 finaly the bearing can remove.

All the speed gear clean

Fix

The steering all copper bushing change to ballbearing

Done

Engine fully restore

I change the Philip head screw to allen head.

Axle gear in WD40

Done

New greese

Done

All with ballbearing

Main gear regreese

Full ballbearing and new greese

Steering full ballbearing

Rust I remove spray blue

New air filter

Using a manifold

Using tune pipe

Rear center proppeler shaft

Front

Front suspension arm

Front suspension bottom

Rear suspension top

Rear suspension bottom

Service readd oil

Add a tune pipe holder

Done rear suspension

Sanwa servo connector to other receiver is diffrent, so i change both servo using Tower pro. Don't want to modified.

Sanwa servo line the red in 3. Ori other servo center.

Servo function

Radio tray repolish

Need to modified 2 stand

tighten Using 1 post front

All wheels with ball bearing

Rear

Front body post

Rear body post

Add fuel filter and air cooler

Both servo change new MG996R

Straighten up the acc and brake linkage

Just use a Am receiver to make as show

Done Radio tray

Started, the engine run good, happy get another life vintage engine.

Start the engine 2 time pull started.

Let it run for 1 minutes

Bumper Form

Finish the service and cleaning, parts upgrade, Full Ballbearing, New Fuel tank, New Servo, Fuel Filter, Exhaust Air Cooler, Tune pipe, Bumper Form. The body cover later.