{"id":8101,"date":"2022-09-30T10:49:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T09:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/?page_id=8101"},"modified":"2022-09-30T10:49:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T09:49:57","slug":"build-images-october-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/build-images-october-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Build Images – October 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bottom diff mountings needed 2 (LHS) and 3 (RHS) washers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Digital callipers used to work out how many spacing washers are needed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Measuring diff carrier to box section the old way<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Laser measuring distance from chassis box section to diff carrier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Blanking\/skid plate in place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Material trimmed from skid plate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sand off some material from the skid plate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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That’s not right… there’s a hole that all sorts of stuff is going to get into<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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What was this?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Big screwdriver (top right) used to secure diff in top mountings. This will be the last useful job this screwdriver performs… read on for its finale!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Trolley extension piece :-). Gets used lots in the future.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The two top and two bottom mounting points<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Diff ready to go in and trolley jack poised<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Prop shaft finally fed into the gearbox. You can see one of the U shapes making up the universal joint.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Attempting to spread the transmission tunnel with a Maplin clamp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Throttle cable tensioned<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Screwdriver used to bend accelerator pedal and tension the throttle cable<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Duratec thermostat and housing in cross section<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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420R With Heater and Dry Sump – Water Circuit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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420R With Heater and Dry Sump – Engine Bay Plumbing (from rear RHS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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420R With Heater and Dry Sump – Engine Bay Plumbing (from front LHS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Caterham 420R Thermostat Overview – High Temperature Position<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Caterham 420R Thermostat Overview – Low Temperature Position<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Thermostat and housing (courtesy Caterham)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Airflow through radiator (RHS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Heter control valve from inside driver’s footwell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Heater control valve shown from inside engine bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And now on a torque wrench<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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32mm crows foot spanner in use<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Crows foot 32mm spanner on a torque wrench with 1\/2″ to 3\/8″ converter – which actually got me exactly the spacing I needed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spanner needed to be 6+ mm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Heater control cable routes from the bottom left of this picture to the valve. Connections seemed easier with the battery removed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Heater control valve in place and hoses connected<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Made up a cable for the submarine earth lead connection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Crimp tool and components to make an earth connection for the submarine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Submarine sits under the top radiator hose, next to its electrical connections coming out of the loom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Here’s the water T-piece installed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Water T-piece needs a short length of hose from it to the engine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Passenger compartment vents installed with ear pointing downwards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Heater bolted in and retaining bracket included.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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… and then into rear of cylinder head (note from the future – don’t do it this way)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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… and then into rear of cylinder head<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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5\/16th hose wraps around front of engine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Water Expansion Bottle sited with 5\/16th” hose pointing backwards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Water Expansion Bottle bracket riveted in place. You can just see the elongated holes in the outboard (right) holes. The dremel slipped here – that’ll need some hamerite later.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Holes drilled for Water Expansion Bottle bracket. Aim was slightly off but near enough top of the rails<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Caterham Showroom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Regrease the ARB sockets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Add grommet to headlamp strut<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Add grommet to chassis hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chassis bolt would hit the ARB if I hadn’t detached the ARB from its sockets and chassis mounts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pull the headlamp assembly away from the chassis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Off with the gator cable ties<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Trying to post-fit a grommet into the hole where the cables exit the headlamp strut wasn’t going to work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Routing of oil pressure sender cable<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking down LHS of engine bay – nowhere near finished yet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking down RHS of engine bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Test fit of both bonnet and nose cone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nose cone looking good<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Loads of room between nose cone and water expansion bottle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Water expansion bottle bracket<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cutting the top radiator hose to length<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Track day roll over bar in place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Holes don’t line up perfectly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Additional bolt going up into roll over bar. You can see the upper mounting bolt for the rear damper in the top left of the picture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View of the top of the engine bay with radiators and oil hoses loosely in place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Oil hoses going into dry sump<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View of oil hoses from underneath<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And from the side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Now it looks a bit like this<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cleaning up the bat wing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spring centre punch has been useful throughout the build<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8101","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8yl38-26F","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8103,"url":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/build-images-november-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":8101,"position":0},"title":"Build Images – November 2017","author":"John Martin","date":"September 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Adhesive Looking into the RHS footwell with knee trim panel in place Rivets going into remaining interior panels (LHS) Picture of LHS looking back into joint between scuttle (tube, top left) and and chassis Unsuccessful attempt at holding scuttle trim edges down as they cooled Trimming transmission tunnel carpet Spraying\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/7092EEB7-DE22-4BCB-B2C2-8F3BDBBFA5D1-150x150.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/7092EEB7-DE22-4BCB-B2C2-8F3BDBBFA5D1-150x150.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/7092EEB7-DE22-4BCB-B2C2-8F3BDBBFA5D1-150x150.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/7092EEB7-DE22-4BCB-B2C2-8F3BDBBFA5D1-150x150.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/7092EEB7-DE22-4BCB-B2C2-8F3BDBBFA5D1-150x150.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/7092EEB7-DE22-4BCB-B2C2-8F3BDBBFA5D1-150x150.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8097,"url":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/build-images-august-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":8101,"position":1},"title":"Build Images – August 2017","author":"John Martin","date":"September 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Add IVA trim as shown here Pad and indicator. 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