essIII
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I've driven it and was all set to buy it until it was trumped by the car that I ended up with. I'm far from a Caterham expert, but it seemed like a great car to me. Apparently the respray came about because the owner was told "nobody will want to buy a purple Caterham", so he paid a Ferrari bodyshop to paint it Ferrari grey! Good luck and enjoy!
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Lowered Headlamp Brackets - NEW BATCH now ready for dispatch
essIII replied to 7 wonders of the world's topic in For Sale
I'd like a pair, assuming they'll fit an imperial sv? Cheers, Rich. -
Cheers for the input guys. Sorted over Xmas, borrowing my dad's hands and a 21mm crow's foot spanner.
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I'll see if my dad's got one of those too :)!
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Awesome, cheers for the help! And yep, there's a series of MSA Tags lock wired to the bolts on the top of the engine - will grab a pic showing all of them and post it up at some point.
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This big blue J piece going into what I assume is the black stat housing? http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll16/rich8778/20151221_153609_zpszioafryh.jpg
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Excellent, I'm happy on 2 counts - 1 I'm not the only one who's struggled, and 2 that looks like basically the tool I was imagining. I'll nick one of my dad's spanners over xmas and get the hack saw out! Photo for the benefit of others (apparently 21mm spanner is the right size, but a 22mm will just about work)
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Finally had a chance to have a brief poke around the car this afternoon. Am I right in thinking if there were a thermostat on the cooling system you'd expect to find it housed in here, where the top hose from the rad meets the engine? http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll16/rich8778/20151221_153653_zpsadaq7ig1.jpg
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Had my first night run the other night after having changed my headlight reflectors and bulbs. The positive was that I could see the road ahead of me. The negative was that I blinded 90% of people coming towards me. From what I've read, adjusting the headlight angle should be a simple job - loosen nut, change angle, tighten nut. So right now I'm feeling like a bit of a numpty - basically I can't get the angle right for getting at the nut with a spanner! So, am I trying to do the right thing (pics of the nut I'm targeting below)? And any tips for getting at it easily?! http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll16/rich8778/20151221_154346_zpsjeznrdcf.jpg http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll16/rich8778/20151221_154402_zpsy51xdcw7.jpg
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Yep, genuine 2.0 litre Evo engine - couldn't look past it once I'd driven it! Only had her for about 10 days, so very much still in the ignorantclueless stages of ownership! Cheers for the water temp and oil level tips. I do have a catch tank, and my dipstick on the swirl tower cap is still intact!
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- thanks for that, really useful. I pretty much always have the Stack set to show me oil temps, certainly haven't been giving it any beans under 50 degrees - haven't really had much chance to give it the beans at all! I know I'll be ultra paranoid the first time I take it on track, so I'll definitely be keeping a close eye on temps and levels all day! I'd hope that as it's a 2004 car, it'll have the later radiator on it (I realise that Caterhams are not always logical though) - any visual indicators that make the version 1 easily identifiable?
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Cheers for the input guys. Off the top of my head I've no idea what stat is in the car (or if it's working!!) - definitely sounds like my first port of investigation (which is going to have to wait until next week now :( ). NASCAR style gaffer tape blanking does sound like a simple but effective solution if the stat is working fine. I can see the benefit of fitting a remote PRT stat, but that looks like a much more involved solution - maybe best combined with other engine work (refresh) in the future. Assuming the previous owner didn't fit one (as I said, investigation needed!). Cheers again :)
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Hi, hopefully this doesn't come across as too much of a newbie question. I've had my 2004 K Series R500 SV out for 3 long (45 mins to 2 hours) runs so far, and each time oil temp has peaked around 55 degrees but tends to be settling around 50 degrees. Water temps are higher - maybe 65 degrees. This seems surprisingly cool to me so I guess there's a few questions: - Would you expect it to run hotter? - Is it just because I'm new to the car and the roads are slippy so I'm not driving hard enough to properly heat it up - Assuming it should be running hotter, is there an accepted approach to achieving this. I briefly read someone suggesting insulating the swirl tower. Thoughts?