LazerBrain

Updated to show current status. PM sent to auyt

Thanks Barry, Tom - you both have PMs.

A bit of spring cleaning after the part exchange of my 1997 Supersport has revealed some items in my garage which I'm now selling in another thread. The items in this thread are FREE. All plus postage (happy to ship via your preferred method) or collection (from Bracknell/Windsor or from most ReHaB meetings.) Might also be able to get a fellow ReHaBer to take to Dunsfold. dizzy cap (EU2 1.6K) - Kept as a spare after I swapped out cap & rotor arm in 2017 (having proved the rotor arm was faulty.) FREE Comma Xstream G30 ready mixed antifreeze - 1l (of a 5l can) FREE Used clutch cable from RHD 1.6K. It was replaced as it was wearing out, but I kept it in the boot as a "get you home" cable. FREE

A bit of spring cleaning after the part exchange of my 1997 Supersport has revealed some items in my garage which I'm now selling. All plus postage (happy to ship via your preferred method) or collection (from Bracknell/Windsor or from most ReHaB meetings.) K&N Recharger - filter care service kit. Around half full - £5 Pair of Lucas horns - £5 1 litre Comma DOT4 brake fluid - £5 Caterham badged electrical oil pressure gauge (from a mate who switched to a mechanical gauge.) £30 - SOLD to bjw Silver heatshield and mounting clips from standard 1.6K Supersport exhaust. £10 - SOLD auyt Caterham scissor jack & leather bag £10 - SOLD to bjw rubber engine mount (in sealed bag) - £10 - SOLD TomB Gates 5PK738 alternator belt - £5 - SOLD to MexMan Prospark HT lead set (EU2 1.6K) - SOLD NGK sparkplugs BKR6E (set of 4) These were only in the car for about a month last summer. SOLD K series thermostat 82C, drilled (QH branded box, part no QTH115K equiv MTO115K. Comes with unused gaskets.) - SOLD MG Rover LPW100180 oil filter - SOLD cheers, Darren.

I have a 1997 car with the same engine/gearbox/diff/wheel combination, and the speedo over reads so there must be the parts out there to make it behave like this. The car did have a kmh speedo at some point before I owned it (Caterham supplied a cert with its previous mileage) but otherwise I'm not aware of any changes that would have been made. The speedo is cable driven. I fitted a bike speedo, to get something more accurate and less "bouncy" but can understand if you don't want to go down that route.

cheers Steve - have already dropped him a line. If I'd realised, I could have joined your K-series parts collecting spree!

Thanks all - will hopefully get a chance to do some checks over the weekend. At 20 years old, it's probably sensible to replace coil and CPS. Any recommendations on where to get them from?

Hi JK,Correct - car in gear, clutch up, ignition on, rev counter off, and the engine had temporarily died. Good point about the fuel cap - I had released it when I stopped at the first meeting point and it didn't have a problem. Ditto on the last fill up on the way home (tank was filled from 1/4 to 1/2 full.) The problem has appeared when I've had varying levels of fuel in the tank.

Some engine woes took the edge off a fab weekend at the 60th. 1.6K series SuperSport. No changes to engine other than servicing for last 5 years (when plastic throttle body was changed to metal one.) ECU is EU2 MEMS SuperSport. I think this is my rebuilt ecu (probably around 8+ years ago I had an ecu fault where the injector relay in the MFRU stayed on forever, even with the keys out. The ecu was sent away and they changed the timeout on this output, possibly changed the pcb too.) Battery is PowerVamp and could be 11 years old, always on a decent conditioner when in my garage. Friday morning was pretty warm and I got stuck in traffic after about 40 miles (few miles of motorway, 40-50 on busy A roads) whilst heading to a meeting point. Water/oil temps and oil pressure were normal for my car. The engine stuttered, and misfired as I blipped the throttle, but then seemed ok. A couple of traffic light junctions later it stuttered and died, but restarted immediately on the starter. There were a couple more occasions where it stuttered, but cleared when I dipped the clutch and blipped the throttle. Once I got to the meeting point I had the bonnet off and had a look around. I checked the HT leads on the dizzy cap and rotated them forward/back a quarter turn; and pushed the inertia switch (it did feel like it could click slightly.) I left the bonnet off for ~15 mins and the engine restarted at the first attempt. The cooling fan switched on and off as normal and all seemed generally ok when I joined the ReHaB convoy. Around 40 miles later, similar behaviour started again. It cut out, but restarted a few times. At one point it cut out at ~60mph in 6th, the rev counter dropped to zero and it bump started itself after 2-3 seconds without any change. I limped into the lunch stop and did the same checks as before. After lunch, I think we drove about 60-70 miles to Donington and there was no issue. I was taking it easier, changing up earlier, but the weather had cooled a bit, was less sunny and there were fewer traffic holdups too. I only took part in the Tarmac Lake/Heritage Loop events - but even waiting in the queue on the latter didn't cause an issue. When I came to head home yesterday it was cooler in the morning, and I didn't notice any issues on the first ~70 miles to the lunch stop. I was taking it fairly easy to start with (sorry Chris!) but was driving normally for most of that section. After lunch, the sun came out and it was hotter again. I got to around 10-15 miles from home when there was a brief misfire, then it cut out a few miles later. It cut out again at speed and wouldn't restart for several seconds. A couple of miles later I got stopped at 3 sets of lights and it misfire again, before cutting out completely at a roundabout. It wouldn't start at all, and I got a push across the roundabout before parking in a side road in the shade with the bonnet off. After 10 mins I touched the cable to the TPS which looked quite taut, and then restarted the engine. It ran, but blipping the throttle from the throttle body resulted in the revs taking ages to drop back to idle. I drove the last few miles home from here without ear plugs and the engine sounded different on very small throttle opens for the first mile or so. Can't really explain it - like a higher pitch of air rushing in. I left the engine running on the driveway whenm I got home & stuck a thermocouple on the ecu top cover after a few mins which read about 40C. The outside temperature was probably around high 20s. I tried testing moving the TPS cable around at the connector, but it made no difference to the engine running. With the engine running, there was 14.0v across the battery, dropping to ~13.9v when the fan cuts in. Alternator light is out, except when the engine is off. Common points: engine running for >1/2 hour, ~40 miles, slow driving in traffic after faster driving. Engine oil/waters temps ok, oil pressure ok. V. sunny. Thinking back, it has had a very slight misfire in the last few years in similar situations - but has cleared pretty quickly. So, where to start troubleshooting? I think it has to be something electrical, as surely most other things would take longer to recover (especially the fact that it misfires a bit, recovers, then gets worse and cuts out.) Are there any non-electrical issues which cause this problem? The loom is a bit tight at the back of the engine - so I can check connections to the TPS. Would a connection on the TPS going open circuit stop the engine from restarting when the engine is warm (or would it just prevent it being revved?) I can also disconnect and reseat the ecu /immobiliser and the couple of main loom plugs in case there is a connection which is a bit oxidised. I have another SuperSport MEMS with immobiliser, but this problem is intermittent and does seem to need the combination of ambient temperature and heat build up from traffic. I'd like to eliminate stuff that can be tested rather than just swap out the ecu if possible, especially as reseating connections when swapping ecus could clear the fault. Anyone else seen this type of issue before?

If you are interested in further spares I have a complete Mini DVR III with battery, bullet cam, mic, remote, etc.

Hiya Roger, One of my mates has been talking about selling his separates system recently. I think it was Marantz amp, Denon tuner, Rogers speakers on stands. Not sure what cd player. He's based near Reading - I'm sure we could get it to my gf's work in Old Windsor if needed. Let me know if interested and I'll get more details.

Thank you Bob. :-)

I've not used this for several years, so it might as well benefit someone else. OMP battery powered intercom - with DIN plug cables. There's a bit of gaffer tape residue from when it was taped into position in my 7. It also comes with 2 adaptor boxes - I actually used this with regular PC headsets with 3.5mm plugs. Anyone interested for a fiver plus postage? Happy to use your choice of service, or it can be collected (Bracknell/Windsor area.) https://www.dropbox.com/s/dy3vo47ejv5jn1l/2016-02-28%2017.54.38.jpg?dl=0

Just to add to Tim's comment, some scanners use OCR to include the text as well as the image within their PDF output.

It would be useful to put a set of shift lights on the car, set them to come on at 3000rpm and compare that against 3000rpm on the tacho. You can then repeat at 6000rpm to see if the difference has increased.

very subtle Jonathan :-)

A048 is still listed with George Polley. but price appears to be climbing: http://www.polleymotorsport.co.uk/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=134

Sold to Doug.

Thanks Doug - just replied.

I've got a £50 BHP Trackday voucher which I'm not able to use before expiry at the end of the year. £25, including signed for 1st class postage.

...spotted in my green/yellow 7's rear view mirror.

Hiya Phil - I've just replied to your message. And yeah - a tenner for the lot (it saves me the hassle of eBay and I'm not sure of the value of VHS these days.) If you'd like to send the other tenner to NtL that would be really cool.

I'm having a pre-loft tidying session (yes I moved everything from my old house and am now sorting through it in the comfort of my house!) I know there are a few aircraft enthusiasts on BC, so thought it would be worth offering these here: On a wing and a prayer - Bomber Command in WWII - 58 mins 1992 VHS Story of 100 years of flight - 76 mins VHS The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight/The Dakota 1935-1985 53 mins 1987 VHS The War Years 1939-1945 "The Story of the Second World War" - including rare archive footage and original broadcasts of the Glenn Miller bands 150 mins 1994 VHS The Victory Airshow (Official video of International Air Tattoo 95) 85 mins 1995 VHS The Mosquito Story 50 mins 1995 VHS Taking to the Skies - The story of British Aviation 1903-1939, by Graham Smith ISBN 1 85306 815-2 softback - pages 147-158 missing. Super Fighters - Weapons of War - DVD case is a 24 page hardback book 40 mins 2007 DVD The War File - History of the RAF - The Earley Years - Modern Times 128 mins 2001 DVD World War II Fury in the Pacific 54 mins 2002 DVDA tenner for all the above, or make an offer if you only want certain items. Free DVDs from Aeroplane magazine, so postage only for these: Farnborough Above & Beyond 40 mins Test Flying Allied Fighters 60 mins Whittle - The Jet Pioneer 30 mins Memphis Belle - The Untold Story - part 1Collection from ReHaB meetings,or Bracknell/Windsor area, or via GONADS or postage at cost.

Thank you to those who contacted me directly. My mate has now sorted a replacement car.

Thanks Jonathan - I've passed the details across to my mate so he can get in touch directly if he's interested.