Winter Budget Beater RC10EGT

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Another small step forward. Next stop to see if I can save some of these turnbuckles.

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Let’s see if we can save some of these rusty turnbuckles.

Sanded down and then wiped down with acetone
Four applications of Cold Blue using a q-tip
Dumped and wiped down with veggie oil and will be left overnight

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Just a quick one cleaning up the front shocks (replacing the gold pistons with standard steel), replacing front springs and shifting the blues to the back, just to get a little closer to the box art version etc. but this will never be a box art, more of a tribute lol finishing up the steering,as well.

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Sometimes in order to take a step forward, one has to buy what is left of one to scrounge parts. Bought this for the tank, exhaust mount and motor mounts woohoo!

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Finally finished tearing it down, screws just caked with cement like dirt; ended up tossing the majority of them (worn, rusty, they were beyond saving).

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Cleaned up the parts I was going to use, the rest went to the storage bin. Exhaust mount done (waste not want not)

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And another small step forward…at least for now (ps getting those red o-rings to stay in place while screwing the tank back in was a thing of nightmares)