Vehicle And Maintenance; Charging Batteries; Cleaning; Lubrication - Faller Car System Manual

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Vehicle and maintenance

Occasional vehicle maintenance means there's no stopping your driving pleasure.
Some superglue, a pair of tweezers, a precision
screwdriver and FALLER's special oiler (170489)
are perfect for your Car System tool kit. Wear
items may be ordered through FALLER's customer
service.
Familiarise yourself with your vehicle:
1 Powerful skew wound motor with a life of more
than 2.000 hours of continuous operation.
2 Sliding on/off switch for starting and stopping
the vehicle.
3 Extra strong permanent magnet on three-point
mounted front axle – will even trace in the
tightest of curves.
4 The charging socket will recharge drained
batteries.
5 Drive units on the rear axle (axle shaft,
worm gear and driving worm).
6 A reed sensor will halt vehicles at stop sections
(e.g. bus stops, traffic lights, railway crossings).

Charging batteries

Use the included charger to recharge the batter-
ies on the FALLER Car System vehicle. Run the
vehicle out of the carton until the battery is
completely drained and fully recharge the bat-
tery. Depending on the vehicle and battery the
charging time will be approx. 8 – 10 hours. To
charge the vehicle simply plug the three-prong
charger plug into the charging socket at the vehi-
cle's underside. The plug is designed to prevent
faulty polarisation.
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Cleaning

The vehicles' axle bearing, drive- and steering
elements must occasionally be cleaned to remove
any dust and lint. The model streets should also
be kept free from dust and tyre wear particles.

Lubrication

Just as the real-life models, rotating parts on ve-
hicles (drive shaft, front wheel axles) and all
moving steering components (steering pins) must
be lubricated. Using the FALLER Teflon lubricant
(170488) or the FALLER Special oiler (170489) is
recommended. The lubrication points are indicat-
ed in red in figure 1.
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