Category: Caterham 420R Build
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Build Session 15 : Odds and Ends, Bonnet and Radiator
Post Views: 1,332 This post is a rollup of a few days tinkering. I’m sure many of you will be relieved that I’m not going to spam you with any more posts than I absolutely have to, and so I’ll combine a few together. Sept 5th – Bonnet Arrived (for a while) The bonnet (Americanese:…
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Build Session 14 : Oil Tank, Breather Tank, Steering Column, Throttle
Post Views: 1,560 scuttleToday was a PTO day, for those of you that aren’t up with that vernacular, PTO is “Paid Time Off”, a holiday. When I first ordered the kit from Williams I had planned to take a whole week off when the kit arrived. Work commitments changed waiting for the kit to arrive…
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Build Session 13 : Exhaust Primaries, Cat and Lambda Probe
Post Views: 1,182 Before getting into today’s session lets have a bit of a recap on progress. Of the 90 tasks I have on the project plan, we have 36 tasks completed. And there are a few tasks on the plan that we’re not going to need to do thanks to Caterham doing them already,…
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Build Session 12 : Delivery, Gearbox Move and Engine Bay First Fix
Post Views: 1,317 Saturday morning and a chance to get a few hours in on the car. I’d not really had a chance to do anything since putting the engine in last Monday. I had managed to sneak into the garage late one night and fitted the gearstick and gear knob, but that’s more of…
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Build Session 11 : All hands to the hoist… Engine In
Post Views: 1,094 Big day today, big post… we have a whole day (August Bank Holiday Monday) to drop the engine into the chassis. Will it fit? Will the hoist tip over? Will the leveller work? Will my trolleys work? Will my leveller extensions work, or even come loose and drop off? Will I be…