Went on a brushed motor resto kick
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 9:27 pm
Over the past few weeks, I finally got the itch to do something with the vintage brushed motors that were lying around in my parts boxes in various conditions. A few were complete, but others were missing the correct endbells, NIP parts which I'd also purchased over the years but were just sitting at the bottom of a parts box. So since I already had my soldering iron out, I got on a soldering/motor restoration kick.
I also just received the Le Mans 240SB--Kyosho's fastest-revving motor back in the mid-80's--that I scored on eBay for $15...it turned out to be in nearly mint condition, not a single scratch on the label, and whoever soldered on the capacitors did a mighty fine job! All I had to do for that one was solder on my own motor wires with bullet connectors and get rid of the Tamiya connector.
One of the 480S motors has been modded with a gold endbell and 240SB rotor & new springs & brushes. The other 480S was in pretty good shape except for the blue plastic endbell, which was left in a mess by its previous owner, who did a mighty bad solder job. Fortunately I had a NIP Le Mans endbell but it wasn't aluminum; but far better than the nicked & melted blue one. The 240ST I just gave a good cleaning and soldered on motor wires, it was in great shape already.
I think I got the gold Trinity D3 from slotcarrod and gave that a full resto too. It might be a custom job because it has "14 x 4" engraved on one side, and "2" on the other. Who can share any info about this motor? It seems pretty powerful and more modern than the Le Mans motors.
I also just received the Le Mans 240SB--Kyosho's fastest-revving motor back in the mid-80's--that I scored on eBay for $15...it turned out to be in nearly mint condition, not a single scratch on the label, and whoever soldered on the capacitors did a mighty fine job! All I had to do for that one was solder on my own motor wires with bullet connectors and get rid of the Tamiya connector.
One of the 480S motors has been modded with a gold endbell and 240SB rotor & new springs & brushes. The other 480S was in pretty good shape except for the blue plastic endbell, which was left in a mess by its previous owner, who did a mighty bad solder job. Fortunately I had a NIP Le Mans endbell but it wasn't aluminum; but far better than the nicked & melted blue one. The 240ST I just gave a good cleaning and soldered on motor wires, it was in great shape already.
I think I got the gold Trinity D3 from slotcarrod and gave that a full resto too. It might be a custom job because it has "14 x 4" engraved on one side, and "2" on the other. Who can share any info about this motor? It seems pretty powerful and more modern than the Le Mans motors.
