A Caterham Seven Blog
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Email 4 : Washer Bottle in the Boot
Post Views: 1,838 Where’s the washer bottle… Couldn’t sleep so thought I’d look at the washer bottle and get a sense of what needed to be done. The build manual talks about fitting the washer bottle in the engine bay. I’d seen the 420R at Williams a few weeks earlier with it mounted on the…
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Williams Visit 6 : Track Day Roll Bar and IVA Discussion
Post Views: 1,140 Nick from Williams called today to say that the track rollover-bar, that I’d ordered, had arrived. So, in between meetings I popped over to the showroom to pick it up. While I was there I took the opportunity to look over a couple of Caterhams one of which had the bonnet removed.…
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Email Derek 3 : No Inner Radiator Cowl
Post Views: 1,473 Derek had responded to my previous email about the ARB bush colour really quickly this morning and so I had a quick look at the next steps for the ARB. I wasn’t going to be able to do anything today but I at least wanted to familiarise myself with what should happen.…
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Email Derek 2 : ARB Bush Colour and the Red Dot
Post Views: 1,428 Having got to the front Anti Roll Bar (ARB) installation I went looking for the bushes that fit on the bar and inside the brackets. The manual says to use the bushes that are the same colour as the dot sticker that has been stuck onto the front anti roll bar. Two…
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Build Session 8: Front Brake Hoses, ARB and Dinitrol 3125
Post Views: 1,524 Just had a couple of hours to work on a few things tonight. I’m now working on the assumption that I’ll be able to get the engine into the car this coming weekend – a holiday weekend. It’s now Wednesday and we have plans to meet up with family at the weekend…
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