Category: Caterham Blog
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Build Session 33 : Front Wings, Lights, Handbrake, Gearbox, Number Plate Light
Post Views: 1,344 This is the final push… 5 days to work on getting the car finished… surely it won’t take THAT long! It’s Thanks Giving week this week, which means my US work colleagues will be taking at least this Thursday off work and probably a day or two either side of it too.…
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Build Session 32 : LHS Indicators, Swap Wing Stays, Repeater Wiring
Post Views: 1,458 Another short day I’m afraid, just an hour today. LHS Indicators After all the “mucking about” yesterday with the LHS indicators not working I thought I’d give them another go this morning. I took the bulbs out from the two indicator pods and was determined I’d go through the whole thing methodically.…
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Build Session 31 : Rear Braided Brake Hose, Rear Lights, Front LHS Indicator Not Working
Post Views: 1,042 A big gap in progress this time. I had a business trip to Florida and California along with prep for the trip and recovery/catchup when I got back which pretty much knocked out 3 weeks on the car. There’s still lots to do on the car I think, with lots of tidy-up…
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Build Session 30 : More Fuel and Washer Bottle Fitting
Post Views: 1,314 Having left the boot unfinished, after fitting the boot carpets, it was time to get and finish fitting the Washer Bottle and therefore the boot. Some Fuel .. but first some fuel. We had put enough fuel in the car to get it started, but it was going to need to be…
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Build Session 29 : Rear Wings
Post Views: 1,480 This was one of those jobs I’d not been looking forward to. Definitely not a “bolt them on an forget them”. The rear wings were going to need some fettling… and expensive-to-replace fibre-glass fettling at that! The car arrives in its kit form without the rear wings attached. They’re a big part…