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When you switch the Carrera analog to Carrera digital it is quite the simple process, I will walk you through the step by steps blow-low
It has been a little while for a post about slot cars but I got a couple off good ones coming out over the next few days with more to come after that.
I am thinking or have slowly started a channel on LBRY and youtube for slot cars but I want to get more people on hive that like slot cars. I am working on a community for slot-cars ( NOT a tribe token) that I plan to introduce to more groups around Facebook and Reddit once I got it finished.
The hobby of slot cars is already a small one but growing likely de to these dumb lockdowns.
The last slot-car post I made was about some maintenance to a NASCAR Scalextric car. I had mention I planned to do a post about switching Carrera analog to Carrera digital that is what this post is.
The first thing I will list is the tools I find you will need to switch these 2 types of cars.
- Small star (Philips) Screwdriver
- Small Needle Nose Pliers
Items Needed
- Digital Carrera Chip
That is a pretty small list but this is meant to be an easy job for even a 10 year should be able to complete without much help.
I am going to list the steps to take the chip from one car to the next. If you are just adding a chip to a new car feel free to skip to step 4.
Step 1 - As I am just taking the digital chip from an old Carrera car and adding it to an old analog car I will have to take the 3-4 screws out of the bottom.
Step 2 - After the screws are taken out we can remove the body from the chassis. This will reveal the inside where we can see the digital chip is located.
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Now that you have exposed the inside you can start to lift the wires to allow you to remove the female and male ends from each other.
Step 4 - If you are adding the digital chip to the analog car you will want to remove the one screw and 2 female and males end from the motor and the guide.
Step 4b - Once the analog chip is out you will see the small square you will need to pop out to allow the LED for the digital ship to fit.
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Step 5 - With the digital chip unhook or new out of the package you are able to now click all the female and male ends together. They are all colour-coded for easy use and zero percent chance of a mistake when hooking up.
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With the Carrera analog to Carrera digital chip now done you can put the body back on and tighten all the screws and head to your track and race. I like to make sure tho that all the car is working right before I take the time to put the body back on.
It was a good thing that I did this last step as I had my axel the wrong way and I was going backwards.
Now I need to get me chips but I enjoy racing these vintage NASCAR Carrera cars.