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I was having issues with my battery and took it to a local shop. They tested it with a battery tester and determines it needed to be replaced. It might be worth doing that as well.

Does anyone know if you can mix and match between the two types of Econoseal Series: Econoseal III .070 and Econoseal J series? All the parts on my Caterham, including the new LED taillights are the Econoseal III .070 series. But I thought I'd check. The reason I ask is that the J series seems to be much more readily available in online stores, vs larger electrical - automotive wholesale / component sellers. https://www.mouser.com/pdfdocs/ENG_CS_1654365_Econoseal_0911-2.PDF

All done. If they tip down I’ll drill a hole for a self tapping screw as a second fixing point. Now onto installing the Caterham LED rear lights next week

So I elected to simply bend the tab back. Rendering it useless in terms of stopping the light assembly from tipping down. If it does tip down then I’ll use a self tapping screw as a second fixing point. Someone somewhere posted a picture of that. I though it was here. Anyways it’s already starting to look a lot better. Much less ‘buggy’

Thanks gents! I'll work on wrenching on it more this week and will keep you posted. In some ways in drives me crazy how "crude" some of this stuff is, in other ways it makes me laugh and marvel that it all works out and still produces an amazing car. I guess this is what makes a 7 a 7.

it stops the bracket and headlight from tipping over. When I did the test fit with the tab on top it was easy to tip it down even with the bolt tightened up so I can imagine in the road and bumps it would tip pretty easily ?

yes I was thinking about opening up the tab to 45-90 degrees, install the through bolt, and then bend the tab back into place. I always try and avoid to damage parts like that (getting the tab back in place will require some pliers or and banging) to prevent paint chipping etc.

That was from me. I did mount it but with the tab on the upperside of the shock mount just to test it, but then over course it pivots down without the tab holding it in place. So clearly the tab needs to be used!

I'll give that a go. I'm still getting used to how "rough" some of the 7 stuff needs to be done vs my other cars 🙂

Hello from Canada! I have 2005 Imperial chassis car (SLR). I recently purchased (from Redline) the newer style headlight brackets used on the current cars. Other owners have done this without any issues (including a fellow 2001 SLR owner). However when I slide mine into the shock tower (with the bent tab in it's proper position under the adjacent metal) the bolt holes are not even close to lining up. Before I enlarge them, has anyone here experienced this? Many thanks, Dave