Category: Caterham 420R Build
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Email Derek 2 : ARB Bush Colour and the Red Dot
Post Views: 1,409 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: 1,457 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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Build Session 7 : Front Dampers and Suspension Uprights
Post Views: 1,972 A short session today, I managed to get a couple of hours in between, and then after, my evening meetings. Stool / Creeper Firstly: new toys. I’d read in a number of blogs that a number of builders had got on well with folding stool/creepers. After spending a lot of Sunday bent…
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Telephone Call 2 – Williams, Track Roll Over Bar
Post Views: 1,027 The first task today was a simple one – a call to Nick the parts guy at Williams Automobiles. I’d decided, for better or worse, that I wanted to go with the track roll bar and not the standard one that I had ordered and had delivered with the car. Lindon at…
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Build Session 6 : Headlamp and Indicator Pod Assembly (the short version)
Post Views: 1,168 Ok, so the front suspension is now starting to take way longer than I anticipated. I’m 6 sessions in and still not completed what I thought was a simple part of the build. A lot of the problem is that I’m not getting many long sessions in. It just goes to show…