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Almost two thirds done


graemesmith

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Spent most of last week tidying up wiring and hoses so it looks neat enough.  Fairly pleased so far.  I managed to get the Diff in on my own by removing the wooden boot panel and lifting it by some straps onto a couple of axle stands.  I tried putting it on a jack but it wasn't high enough.  The bolts went in relatively easily and it was done in a couple of hours.

When I moved on to the rear suspension I came to a complete stop at step one.  The brake pipes needed bending at the outside ends and after a few seconds of trying it with my hands I quickly gave up.  No one in the West of Scotland keeps a stock of Brake Pipe Bending Tools.  While waiting for Amazon to deliver once more I moved on to the boot carpet and front wings.

The carpet went much better when I removed the alloy boot base although I was very disappointed when I discovered that the contact adhesive I'd bought was the odorless version.  Its supposed to go from White to Clear when its ready to bond.   I haven't seen it change colour yet but it seems to work.

I've used the Tyrap Cable Tie solution for the front wings with Sika 292i adhesive.  Some people have problems at the IVA with these but I'm using 12mm stainless steel cable ties which I can replace with nylon after the IVA so I'll see how that goes.

Thinking forward to the IVA I've contacted Dreadnaught Garage, the local Caterham dealer round here but they don't offer a presentation service and I don't fancy going to the Glasgow IVA centre myself as no one seems to know much about them.  Also Dreadnaught have not had the training required yet to do the 310 upgrade which I'd like done at the PBC.

Still waiting from a reply from BookATrack who are the nearest convenient dealer who can do the lot.  I seem to have to email everyone twice before I get a reply - maybe its just me.

Anyway, back to the garage....

 

 

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