Phenomenal, fast-paced teardown, with entertaining and informative explanations. Got a buddy with one of these and I have made him aware of this video series. Dunno why I wasn't already subscribed a long time ago cuz you really know your sh*t IMHO. Looking forward to part 3. Cheers.

The mounts under the chassis are for leaf springs. The offer adapters to add them to the back as well. 46:51

Well, it’s my first look at one. It would be a good truck for the kiddos/grandkids. I have not been watching you very long. I’m kinda new guy at the table. I’ve been running the Amazon 35KG pro. Blue box servo. And at 8 V it’s a cheap force to be reckoned with. Fast and freakishly strong for a $38 servo. ! I do understand that you’re also trying to keep it under a certain price point. I find myself enjoying your videos. Thanks.

Great look inside love the forensic tear down, it kinda has a diamond Rio look to it so maybe one of their colors aged. Awesome as always thanks.

When I built my Chevelle, I really didn't want to put more than 6k into the motor, but I really wanted a strong and reliable 454, but building one on that budget was really difficult, especially with FI. I ended up just calling it a 350, building my 454, and "pretending" that it was only 6k. Glad to see you doing the same thing with the Fusion! (I kid, I kid)

Thanks for the tear down. Those are some teeny tiny bearings. They are similar to what Redcat puts in their portal boxes. I've heard a lot of complaining about them being undersized, but they haven't been troublesome in my Gen8. Hopefully the bearings in the FMS hold up as well.

Can’t wait to see if it will actually wheel

Really enjoying this review/disection/mod series 👍👍

For your questions as to the why of the servo motor battery layout, I offer a possible explanation. This chassis was originally on the Jimmy and then the Mashigan. both these vehicles have a fully scale flat floor and firewall, making the battery location the ONLY place a battery can go. Therefore, the servo and motor are left with the space they are in. BTW, I told ya those shocks had no pistons in them!!!! And yes the breakage point on the intermediate driveshaft will be the dogbone. It is made of a much too soft steel and the dogbone itself will just self-destruct very quickly. A problem with replacing the thing with another shaft like you already have is the diameter of the transmission output being so small and the pin that hold the output cup also being so small. You will need a spacer for the transmission shaft and also drill out the hole in the shaft to fit a normal sized driveshaft on it. Also, yes you can Dremel out the mounting screw holes and fit a 12-tooth pinion on it, that is what I did as well, but the motor output shaft will likely be too long to fit in the transmission, and you will need to grind it down to fit. I have spent a lot of time making this chassis work for me since my reason for buying a FMS Mashigan in the first place is that I made a clone of my full sized Jeep YJ Wrangler.

Yeah looks real nice, Yep we’re here watching after work

I appreciate you sharing with us, I will catch you on the next one until then peace and chicken grease 😁👍👍😎

Lovely strip down. Maybe this truck should be tried with the cantilever setup

This was such a great video. I really enjoyed watching you take it apart while breaking it down and explaining it. It's potentially way too expensive but I'd like to see you do the same for the RGT EX86170. There were a few reviews on channels I follow and I've been curious about it ever since, but nobody else reviews like you do, with depth and insight.

Thanks for doing this video. I was just considering putting a fusion 1200 or 1800 into my Atlas myself so I found this at the perfect time. I put steel beadlocks and Hyrax predators onto mine and its been performing better than expected. My snorkel broke off but other than that its been a great truck.

Thank you very much for the detailed video👍

Name suggestion...'Randy' a la Rand Mcnally Atlas

I have one in the mail. This looks like a perfect place to learn about it and reference for mods.

easy off oven cleaner will de-chrome plastic and not hurt it. spay the snot outta parts in a sealable container (tupperware) check often, scrub with toothbrush rinse cold water. Do NOT let it sit open air and dry out.

Have you had hand gesture training from This Old Tony? AVE maybe?

The best effective way to remove chrome from plastic, is by submerging them in "Super Clean" purple degreaser for about 10 minutes or so. Trust me, it really works!

Yeah that panhard came broken and they replaced the truck.

Yeah I see you’re thinking, I want to build a tow truck wrecker

Robinson Racing makes a 9-10-11 tooth 48p pinions, RRP14xx (09-10-11)

I have 3 foc’s one 1200kv pro in the axial early bronco with 11t internal trans gearing is high. Same with my 4ws Capra but it’s a 1200kv SE. My rockpirate ar44base 3gear 1800kv se. My trx6 hauler has the HH sport 550/5slot 45t, paired and programmed 1080 is very impressive and the power is really strong. Anyways just sharing I get into the grit like you and could careless for a 10mph crawler. The hauler in 2nd gear is still faster than walking pace with the lowest supplied 9t. And the start up in 2nd is nicer than the 21titan which is still fair for rtr, as long you run the 9t pinion.

I'm not sure but I don't recall seeing a independent suspension in the Fleet. the new element V2 look promising.

This may sound crazy, but how about making it a dually. Maybe LOGAN.(wolverine) for a name. He was a lumber jack. anywho ,Great show again.

I still like the name Red Shift from a commenter last video

what horn did you use for the new steering servo? The one that came with it is too long and I ended up using the stock plastic.

Yessssssss

@13:04 can you help me find the sizes and or part that works as replacement? Believe its 4mm output on trans to 5mm transfer. New to the hobby and found this to be the best video on this platform. Thank you.

my shocks all leaking and have not even run it yet LOL.

Would 80/90mm work okay on this rig? I’m gonna go ahead and replace my shocks

How hard to put a fusion pro 2300 that is the only one I see available here in my. Country will it be better than already installed 1080 hw Esc with stock motor. Is it worth the hassle or a direct bolt on

Leaf spring holes.

That’s crazy my didn’t come with a pan hard bar at all lol the the heck!

oven cleaner takes the chrome off

Interesting project. Do you have a link to the shocks you're refering to?

360p Video quality? Is it just me?

For me its always amazing how chinese companies do interesting stuff and completely idiotic at the same time😂 For instance the shocks...the detail and material is nice but they obviously do not understand what a shock has to do. Axles and driveshafts are nice but use bearing sizes from outer space for no reason. Its mindboggling !

Paint her flat OD green.