Disassemble Fuel Tank and Exhaust Nitro RC Car (MBX8 Mugen Seiki)

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Disassemble Fuel Tank and Exhaust Nitro RC Car (MBX8 Mugen Seiki)

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Before start working with the car, make sure not to damage the suspension and the car chassis, put it on a stand and dissemble the tires. It's simple just by plugging the hexagon 1.0 screw in (bolt may differ on different cars) and twist it out. Make sure to align the bolt out on the table to prevent any loss. place tires on the side.


Supplies

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you will need these kind of tool set. random screw drivers in your house won't work and normal tools at the mall won't works also. you will need special tools like these.

Taking Off the Fuel Tank

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So you notice there is two screws on the left side, these can be taken off by a 2.5mm hexa edge screw driver. After that there is 2 screw at the bottom (one left and one right). After taking off the screws REMEBER to take out the fuel tube.

After Taking of the Fuel Tank

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After taking off the fuel tank your car should look like this.

Taking Off the Exhaust

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After taking off the fuel tank, you should start on the connecter for the exhaust. There are 3 of them, after taking off the 16mm holder, you should also take off the exhaust pipe holding screws in the front.

How Should It Looks Like

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After taking off the hitches and the screws you should be able to get this and should be able to take it out easily,

Replace the Rubber Gasket

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if by any chance that your rubber gasket ripped, REPLACE IT because the pressure when the air pump back to the fuel will be loss and your car will need more power to push the pressure. And also to prevent any leakage from the exhaust pipe down to the car chassis.

Bonus: Replacement

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Buy the exact fuel tank for replacement. See the barcode avoid to buy faulty one since these are 30$. After that place the fuel tank in place and put up all the screws and you should be good. and to hold the exhaust of the car, make sure to buy these so they comes in the best quality, i recommended T-Work's more since they make little parts better and cheaper than Mugen themselves.

Fuel Tank Cover

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Make sure to screw this cover back on to prevents the fuel tank blocking the gas pedal and also not blocking the fuel tube. And the most important the fuel tank BREAKING. To put these on is simple, just get the 2.5mm Screw drivers line it up with 2 screw on the fuel tank and screw them in. Make sure it's not too tight it might damage the fuel tank.

Finishing Up

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After Assemble the fuel tank this is how the fuel tank and the exhaust should look like, it's a very good placement if you did it correct, coming a little tot the side can cause loss center of mass and can effect the gas and breaks handle.