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Old 15-02-2008, 11:44 AM
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stupid question does the charger tip go into the glow plug end cos i've never done it before
Old 15-02-2008, 11:51 AM
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you charge the glow starter not the Glow plug
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that should help you abit more lol!


PS. is the car new then?
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yeah thats it, do u plug the charger tip into the end of the glow starter ie the red bit lol
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ps yeah its new
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Yes
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thats good cos its been like that for an hour

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not got ant instructions then!
what have you got
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carson montana tried to start it nothing happened lol
just experimentin cos its the first one i've had
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I bought a nitro car last week and i still havent had a good run out of it yet...

Cant seem to set it up....
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if you dont run the engines in first you will never get a good run out of it
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Originally Posted by mar_k
if you dont run the engines in first you will never get a good run out of it
yeah was just gonna run it thru a couple of tanks of petrol but couldn't even do that lol
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