Petethediesel

For sale a new and unused throttle cable for a 360 Duratec. Genuine Caterham part. £25 Inc U.K. postage

Long shower cap now sold. What excellent people club members are to deal with.

Only used twice and in very good condition complete with its bag. fits SV with std or trackday roll bar. £75 inc postage within UK. Call or text me on 07768958591 Pete Crowther (East Yorkshire)

For engines/kit that has a long period out of use it's worth considering synthetic petrol for storage. My camping petrol stove always runs on it and my mower engine is run dry then 1 ltr of synthetic fuel added when it gets a service at the end of the growing season. An instant start in the Spring is assured. Available from lawn and garden specialists, it's branded Aspen and comes in two and four stroke versions. Contains zero ethanol and has a shelf life of well over 5 years . No one really knows what the true max shelf life is but it's more than 5 years. Jets etc will not gum up using this fuel. The downside is that it costs around £18 for 5 litres. This said, you don't use much and it's cheaper that ultrasonic cleaning of carb bodies.

As per our previous conversations. as soon as the pre load drops it will be a Tracsport rebuild. I will then probably have the Titan unit rebuilt by R/R then sell it to recover a little of the Tracsport cost.

For the information file: My late 2018 360 Duratec, fitted with a TIitan Sintered LSD and running with R&R EP90 oil. Was recently serviced by Dave Gemzoe at 5,500 miles and the pre load was at 38.8 ft lbs. All road use.

Ditto , buy a variable nozzle, small capacity, spray bottle. I always heat up the fluid in a pan of water before use as this generates a finer spray, especially in Winter temps.

Good idea, will do.

Yes Stu, its a standard Caterham hood but with double "easy in" entry zips added. Had it this way for 18 months and without problems, so I'm reasonably confident it's the popper weakening. I can get the pop stud to fit fairly (too?) easily, but pulls off at motorway speeds. Other side is fine so far. Previous non Caterhams have had turnbuckles at teach end of the hood and were always secure.

More good ideas. Thanks all. Think I'll try easing out the spring as an interim then use the "raise the dot" when I get some, keeping the original look . If all else fails I have the turnbuckle belt and braces option. Your assistance appreciated Pete

Thanks gents, Pull the Dot sounds a good solution. Now for some EXTREME care!

POBC, I have the full hood fitted at this time of year. It's a vinyl hood and therefore pretty stiff to engage the pop fittings. All is well, except that, at motorway speeds the lowest pop stud on the windscreen has come undone a couple of times. The solution would be a turnbuckle fitting at each lower end. The fittings are fixed with pop rivets. Has anyone done this and is there enough clearance not to damage the screen when drilling out the pop rivet? Clearly the triumph of removing the pop stud would be diminished by a cracked screen! Thanks

Another vote for Gemzoe bulbs. I have had mine checked for MOT legality and they are fine (5 3/4" lights). Not always the case for some on the market.

A very good post. My 180 hp Duratec with the BMW/Sintered plate LSD,has now done 5,000 miles road use. The torque is around 30 ft lbs so OK for now. The LSD noise was significantly reduced by switching to RR's GL5 90 grade LSD oil. Following very helpful discussions with ScottR400, I will switch to the Tracsport when the time arrives. With 20/20 hindsight I would have been better to order my kit with a open diff and have the Tracsport fitted during the build, It works out around £200 more than the CC LSD option, but longevity is important to me. I would certainly recommend this route to anyone shaping their kit spec.

As regards the timing of sintered plate introduction, perhaps this may help. I ordered my kit 360 in December 2017. At that time the carbon plated LSD was standard but my order was noted that a sintered plate diff was required. I was advised, in early 2018 that sintered would likely be standard from around March 2018.