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Unfortunately unable to attend this day now, it's a sessioned lotus on track day for the Silverstone GP circuit. Price is £299 please get un touch if you would be interested in taking my place.

Unfortunately I'm unable to make the Silverstone track day now, if anyone would be interested in taking my place please give me a message.

Having to sell my spot for the Lotus on Track silverstone track day for Monday the 13th of March, due to the late arrival of my newborn son. please get in touch if you would be interested in taking my place.

Thanks for the info!

Looking for a Caterham R500 airbox, either track or race style, in any condition. (I have ordered a new one, but lead time is 2-3 weeks so I need one for measuring etc in the meantime. If anyone has one in any condition please let me know.

Did you manage to resolve this issue? I'm having the same issue with my 420r at the moment.

Looking for an SBD Easymap cabke if anyone has one they would part with?

I have recently used the Sealey bleeder to do my brakes and clutch, it's fantastic works really well. Only thing is tighten up all the connections when you get it as mine didn't come completely air tight, but other than that is was great. I used it with fluid in the container as per the instructions and it worked great, don't have to worry about the reservoir running dry.

Yea likewise, I figured people are always complaining about low oil temp but running a thick oil that pretty much only Caterham recommends. I have asked two Caterham race teams about this when my car was with them, both said 5w40 is fine for a road and track car, one of them said they only used 5w30 in their 420r race cars. Also SBD recommendeds 5w40 for their tuned Duratecs. So I'm happy with that!

I run millers CFS 5w40 NT+ on road and track

Thanks Scott, I will give that a try after work and have a look, I will check the underside of the bonnet for any marks also!

Thanks chaps, no sign of battery clamp issues, or any electrical connections as far as I can tell from above. I will have a look at the tensioner and alt pulley next, awfully tight around the alternator! I haven't got the car in the air yet, is it possible to change the alternator from bellow? Or is it coolant pipe and inlet off etc?

Jonathan, the car is 2020 so not very old, work I have done recently is just general servicing, all the fluids and changed the rad. I did take out the heated seat. And it had two wires and plugs that are indentical on each seat, so there's a chance I didn't plug them back in to the right plugs, but the heated seat works fine so I assumed I had got it right!

Thanks for the tips chaps, I will check all those. the strange thing about the noise is (before I noticed the battery light and had suspicions over the alternator) it seemed to not be present when the bonnet was off, also when I held the springs at the exhaust collector it seemed to dampen it, so it might be unrelated? Fingers crossed anyway. also, one thing I did think, I did let the car idle for about 15-20 mins before I set off out, and had the lights on and the heated seat? Would that be enough to make a overwhelm the alternator and make it do it can't make up the charge when setting off? I would imagine not, but just a thought I had. I will try all the bits suggested, I'm hoping it's a loose connection as I have a Trackday Saturday, and only have Friday off to work on the car! Do doubt I would be able to sort a new alternator before then

Took the car out for a shakedown earlier, once the car was warned up I noticed a weird low rattle almost like a sawing sound only on idle, then about ten mins later in noticed the battery light was coming on and off very intermittently and voltage was at 11.9 and not increasing with revs etc,battery light would still be flashing on and off very intermittently, then when I got home and let it idle on the drive the volts started to climb again, and the sawing noise wasn’t there. seems like alternator is on the way out, but could it be something else causing the alternator to Intermittently charge? Slipping belt or tensioner? Loose wire? And tips on how to diagnose or things to check would be much appreciated!