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Build Day 17 - Lighting


richd13

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Today I finished the majority of jobs on the car: It's almost drivable now!

Started with a box from Caterham with a few missing/replacement parts. First off were the wing mirrors, now attached to the windscreen stanchions. Then fitted the replacement upper steering column bush, and the steering wheel, noticing that the front wings can contact the bodywork...

A quick call to Derek confirmed that this will be solved when I sort the tracking, phew!

Then had a quick trip to my old garage to borrow a 41mm socket, and tightened the rear hubs. Not quite an accurate 275Nm, more like FT.

Then wired up the front lights, and connected the battery leads. Switched on the ignition for the first time and saw the dash light up, brilliant! Tested the lights and to my surprise they all worked perfectly! So moved to the rear, which all went smoothly as well.

Finally attached the wiper blades after running the motor to park, and put the nose on.

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Just seen your blog, and hope this helps...

I had a fright with my build when I found the front wings touching the body on full lock.  This was whilst the car was on axle stands, but once the suspension was loaded the chances of any touch condition disappeared.

If you are getting wings fouling the body with the car on wheels, it's easy to set the tracking to zero, with a couple of wooden planks.  Zero is what factory build cars are set to.  No touch is part of the IVA so worth checking this before too long.

Enjoy

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