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[SlotStox#53]

Consider me an endbell freak ! After seeing those stainless 2-56 machine screws in person can change a person

Beautiful brush hardware & endbell that's going to finish off another impressive motor!! Gonna look sweet in that 6wheeler chassis.

[dc-65x]

For my Cukras recreation can I wanted it to be the "no mounting hole" style like the pink job on the top. So I soldered 1/16" brass rod into my can's mounting holes as shown on the bottom:

 

 

A little work with a file and bingo:

 

 

Next up was my own personal "Pink Paint Fiasco".

 

Back in 2005 I wanted to paint a motor pink like the old Mura's and all I had to do was walk into WalMart and buy a freak'n can of pink paint.

 

What in the heck is going on today with the color pink? Pink used to be PINK! Now there are 50 shades of designer pink that are either too light or too dark. Look at this carnage of the wrong shades of pink     :

 

 

I ended up using the Ironlak in the black can. Here's my can next to an original:

 

 

Now that looks like pink to me

 

I chose to use the earlier "big bearing" and use a light press fit instead of solder for a more "stock" look. I did beef up the installation with a bead of JB Weld on the inside of the can:

 

 

For magnets I used new Versitec with the Dynamic packaged Mura semi can shim and to spiff things up a bit a set of Certus top and bottom magnet shims which they say, "....completes magnetic continuity"...... ......well, they help to keep the magnets centered anyway . Here's all the junk in one place:

 

 

And installed in the can:

 

 

Here's the "brush gear", shunted 16D brushes, Mura spring post protectors and some light .014" brush springs to help keep the current draw down:

 

 

Installed on the motor, the brush springs are isolated from current and therefore heat........so, hopefully, the plastic spring posts won't melt. Of course there's nothing stopping the hex brush holders from doing their own version of the "China Syndrome".  

 

 

 

The finishing touch is a 1960's "Flower Power" sticker:

 

 

 

 

Time to get her in the roller.........

[Pablo]

  All men secretly love pink

[slotbaker]

[Steve Okeefe]

Hey, kid...  Where'd ja get the flower power sticker?  Huh?

 

Nice work on the Cukras pink motor!  Double 28 arm?

[Tex]

Excuse me for the side-trip..........

 

Mr. King, LOVE your avatar! I bought a '63 Indy roadster model kit on eBay not too long ago... future project.

 

 

 

Now, back to our regularly scheduled program.... Schweet motor, Rick; yer a one-man time capsule!

[SlotStox#53]

Nothing wrong with pink

Way to go on the motor build Rick, can't believe there are "that many" shades of pink!!!!!

Pink motor + 6wheeled project = awesome sauce!!!

[dc-65x]

Thanks guys, I'm really pleased with this motor. It sounds great and draws 1.2 amps at 3 volts on the power supply. Maybe it will last for a few laps .

 

Steve O, the sticker is from a sheet called "Round Flowers" #SB-07 by Stickopotamus. I got them years ago at Joann's. I can't find them in a Google search anymore. Maybe someone else can.

 

Also, the arms a double wound Mura and in my reality I'm calling it a double 28   

[Steve Okeefe]

Rick,

 

Here's the closest I've been able to get:

 

 

Not an exact match, but fairly close...  and available today!

 

Thanks for the starting point info. 

[SlotStox#53]

Holy smokes!! Or should that be smoking endbells
that's a nice healthy current drain!

[dc-65x]

Cool Steve. My wife is quite the "Crafter" and she's going to check around for them too.
 

Holy smokes!! Or should that be smoking endbells
that's a nice healthy current drain!

You should have seen it before I went to the light brush springs

[Pablo]

1.2 amps at 3V is similar to what my latest big arm motor does. I consider that well within range.

If a motor that strong drew any less than that, I would be surprised.

[SlotStox#53]

Higher than that?! Did you dare raise it past 3v and hear her scream!?

Bolt that pink can up and launch it round that banked corner on your home track when it sits in your room

[Pablo]

I can hear the wife from the other end of the house yelling,

"Richard, we're having another brownout !!!"

[dc-65x]

I can't wait Pablo!

[slotbaker]

Patto's Place has this flowery sheet called "Flower Power" under F in his decal list.

[SlotStox#53]

Nice decals from Patto's ..matches fairly well the one you used Rick ... the flower really finishes off the can what are Patto's bodies like? Never used one before ...

[dc-65x]

Steve, great find. In case anyone thinks those images are not relevant to 1960's slot cars, just check out this original car for the day:

 

 

"Peace, Love and Rock N Roll Baby!" 

[SlotStox#53]

Far out man

Now that's a cool car Rick !

[proptop]

Beautiful work, as usual, Rick.   

[Champion 507]

Anyone know if the pink Ironlak is available at any of the popular variety or hardware stores?

 

I have some flower stickers I bought a few years ago and want to build a pink motor or 2. I actually have some Mura parts, believe it or not.

[dc-65x]

I don't think so Doug. It's more of an "artist" item. I got mine online.

[Foamy]

How durable is Ironlak paint in the slotcar environment?

The stuff at walmart I don't like, and the hobby shop stuff is a non-starter.

I used to use the house brand from True Value Hardware, but they turned into Ace.

The Ace brand is not so good.

[Gator Bob]

Gents,

I haven't stopped by to view this thread for about a month. Very happy to stop here today.

 

 

Doug a.k.a. Agent 507, not poetry ... lol...Slap Rap,

put the beat to it "rookies haven't done enough laps around the track" (@ 0:40) ....  

 

I love Pink ... cans?

 

Rick, amazing work, but normal for you.

Question....

Would the lead wire solder tabs in this era have have the slit in them? 

Did you use a brush hood alignment bar when soldering the hoods? Soldering the holders to the pent roof hoods the heck out of me on NOS parts. I place them in 'old' plastic and use an alignment bar.  jus sayin.

 

 

So ... I love to learn, even the (not so) obvious is pointed out. Example: I never realized the old Mura cans didn't have mounting screw holes in the 'big' bushing cans, went to the 'stash' and sure enough, I have been sitting on one of those cans for years 

 

Sorry for the interruption.

Build on !

[dc-65x]

Hi Dennis,

 

I sprayed an old Mura can with the Ironlak and baked it for an hour at 150-200 degrees. It seems pretty tough when I try to scratch it. I just put a puddle of lighter fluid on it for a minute with no affect. But I don't know about leaving it on for longer. Best of all the color is really PINK!

 

Hey Bob, your "interuption" is what makes this fun so please keep chiming in .

 

The half dozen or so original Mura A can motors I have don't have the slit in the lead wire tabs. BUT, personally, when it comes to vintage slot cars I wont' say "never"  or "always". I personally believe the industry was very fluid and anything is possible. Again this is my personal reality and others results may vary .

 

Yes I did use an "alignment tool" on the brush holders before soldering them to the brush hoods. I've found that with the acid flux and an 1100 degree iron the solder flows almost immediately. An instant later the solder solidifies and into the water the endbell goes. The real problem I have is keeping that acid off the plastic. It will screw up the plastic in a hot tick.