Hi peter and Simon have either of you fitted the seats yet. I loosened off the slides for the seat so they moved Ok. I then bolted one into the four holes in my lowered fllor. Access to the back bolts isn't easy but once in the seat simply won't slide. It seems as though the seat frame itself hits the chassis member at the front and the lock can't move up enough to release the slides, so fundamentally the seat won't budge. I have the standard cloth seats but with a lowered floor, any ideas. Finally finished the front wiring bit of a nightmare as I destroyed the repeater plus getting it through the wingstay. So now the rad and intercooler

regards

martin

Hi all my diff also took more than 2l I assumed that is was because the half shafts needed to be filled as well, but I filled mine by taking the wooden boot floorout to get the bottles to fill via gravity.  My PBC is for the 9th of April so Simon our cars maybe in Crawley together but I'm planning on driving the car to the IVA in Gillingham, I'm still waiting for the date

regards

martin

Hi All, my fog light switch is also of the wrong type, i.e. not a "click" switch, sounds like a common problem

Martin

Hi Simon, I do not have a start button so when I get my last pipes are connected tomorrow and fill the coolant I will then be ready to give it a go

martin 

Haven't tried the engine since the rattling noise - still plucking up courage to slacken the starter motor fastenings and trying again. The ECU and 'lack-of on the shelf' comments noted with concern - do we think they have got a bad batch? 

Re 'sprung' fog light switch - I was making the same wrong switch comments (to myself) but found an explanations in the Owners Manual.

Avoiding a 'pooh trap' for those yet to fit cycle wings. If you have slightly distorted/unsquare (to tyre) wing arms (I couldn't straighten mine) and follow the manual way you could end up with fastenings slightly out of line on the back end of the wing....... but the holes in the arm will be nicely lined up! Think about it before drilling from the underside of the wing, maybe drill one hole and then measure to drill the 2nd and then drill into the wing arm so the distortion is taken in the arm not the wing. Mine are slightly out on one wing (lesson learnt for the other) and it's annoying me!   

Hi All. Good news and even better news. Starting problem fixed (many thanks Simon for advice). I'm too embarrassed to say what I had done wrong, suffice to say 'read the manual!. Engine started first time, ran like clockwork, heated up and purred along for a 15mins. Pic to showing gauges to prove it. Only lesson learnt that might help others; the Inertia Switch is very 'tender' (could be due the car being 'rigid' on axle stands). 2nd start didn't!, and IS needed to be reset. 3rd start didn't either until IS reset whilst ignition switch in Pos 2. On other hand, it could all be a coincidence.

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I haven't got IVA mirror stalks (as shown Fig 130 in manual) either

Hi all, I didn't get the IVA stalks either but Derek provided them. I'm based in Wokingham Berkshire and mine goes in for its PBC on the 8th of April. Did I hear you have your car started! I've just read peters post again does it say reset the inertia switch whilst the ignition switch is in position 2?

 Martin 

Hi Martin. Yes, I did reset the IS whilst in position 2, almost as an after thought when it wouldn't react to a start; but in retrospect it's probably not significant. However, having got my engine running 1st time using an ECU which (potentially) is from the same batch as yours and Simon's, I'm thinking the IS might be adding to your problem. Can it be shorted out I wonder?

I also have my PBC on the 8th April, so see you there. And we can discuss a meeting point and date. 

Hi peter I'm dropping the car off on the 7th so probably won't see you on the 8th. Sorry for being pedantic but can you go through the precise sequence for starting your car only I'm still waiting for the replacement ECU and feel a bit glum that mine won't start. Also my inertia switch doesn't feel really positive when you reset it 

thanks

Martin 

Martin. To call it a 'sequence' is not really appropriate. But on 1st start the engine started straight away. The 2nd start (after oil check) it didn't go and the key went back to P1 while I thought about it. I then reset the IS and tried again. The engine started and ran for 15+mins. On the 3rd start it wouldn't go again and (with no real intent to prove anything) key had remained in P2 when I pushed on the IS and went to P3 for another start and it started OK. So I reckon the IS has a lot of influence on failed starts; as another 7 owner had previously advised me. I also agree the IS doesn't give you a satisfying 'click' as feedback. My plan is not to try another start until car is on its wheels so IS is cushioned a bit and 'settled' - prob next w/e after weather gear is fitted.       

Sorry I won' t see you on 8th - but having recently experienced early morning traffic (not something retirees do often thank god!) I'm now thinking of taking my car up on the 7th for an early morning arrival at Caterham on the 8th. 

Hi all, well my new ECU arrived today, after a bit of a faff putting it in I then tried to start the car. Good news 2nd crank it started, I got a new noise before firing, namely, the fuel pump priming so it was definitely the ECU,  I left it for a minute then checked the oil and then ran it till the fan cut in. All good apart from the heater didn't feel too warm but I will leave that to the PBC in early April

regards

martin

Well done Martin; it sounds like a 'sewing machine' doesn't it. Re heater; have you taken the brass nut off the top of the rad; I got quite a bit of air out of it, then moved the heater knob back and forth a few times. 

Hi peter, yes I have removed that nut on top of the rad but it I might do it again. I will see what the heater is like when I start the car again and will try the control a few times. Finger crossed Simon for next week, I will be up at Crawley on the 7th of April but I'm still waiting for my IVA test, it will be 4 weeks next Thursday and apparently the DVLA will guarantee the V5 in 6 weeks of submitting the paperwork. Amazing, 3 weeks to build the car and 10 weeks to register it

martin

I fitted my mirrors in the 'IVA position' today as per the manual. But I seem to recall that a blog somehwere said they should be fitted on the top screw. Anyone any thoughts?

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