Fairways Racing Complex Forum

After realizing that the outside lane was a bit low on power at our last event, I spent some time today doing some track work. Before trying to solve the power problem, I decided to clean up the underside of the track table, including all the very dirty cables that live there. Using a wet rag and bucket of water, I cleaned the cables and wiped the whole underside, removing dirt, cobwebs and tiny spiders in the process. I then dried everything off and sprayed all exposed electrical contacts including the power collection blocks with electrical contact cleaner. I also neatened up some of the hanging wires. Here's a photo:



I then put my attention to the four power jumper cables attached to various track pieces along the lap and the very first one I checked had a disconnected terminal on the outside lane:



I fixed this and checked the other three which were fine. I then checked the extra power cables which I had soldered to the power base track section to take power to the power collection blocks and, aside from a bit of cleaning of under-track dust and other residue, there was no need for any more work in this area:



I then finished off the work by wiping the whole track surface with a dry cotton cloth to remove dust, cleaned the track rails with isopropyl alcohol, applied a coating of Inox to them and re-painted the start line and pit lane lines (forgot to take a pic, but you'll see the results this Thursday).

Gordon,

Glad to see the track getting some work on! Sorry we were not there to give a helping hand.
Can we race the AM and LMP before the GT on Thursday? I will have to go to the office early on Friday before I leave for the airport.

No problem with that Arden. The sequence will be AM, LMP then GT.

Thanks a lot Gordon for your labor of love for slot car racing, that type of maintenance is always needed, we appreciate your care very much, bye Ram.

Well done Gordon, especially as the classes being raced on Thursday will require every bit of power available.