colincagain

I have 4 part worn CR500s available. Manufactured week 37 in 2015. Fitted when car built in 2016. Two are in good condition and have plenty of life left (3 to 4 mm tread). One has similar tread depth but is a bit more worn on 1 side. [4th one is much more worn and not legal]. Happy to send photos if genuinely interested. Collection only. Worcestershire. Cost will be a donation of your choosing to the club charity.

Trailer Sold - thanks for everyone's attention. Car still available!

and if anyone fancies a bit of additional variety in their life, I have a 750MC Sports 1000 race car for sale as well!

£1650 BJ Clubman 185 with 13 ft by 6 ft (3.96m by 1.85m) deck, winch, storage box which holds 3 twenty litre jerry cans, strap box, full decking, low level wheel rack (holds 6 wheels), rear steadies, spare wheel, ramps long enough for low ride ht cars as well as Caterhams, new tyres in 2019, so they have only done a short season since fitting. The trailer is very low mileage. It was stored indoors and only used for trackdays 2-3 times a year from 2005 till late 2017, when I bought it from a friend (and L7club member). Has been stored on drives and used about 8-10 times a year since 2018. Been well looked after. Tows beautifully as you would expect from a BJ trailer. Everything works and it has everything needed for car transport and/or motorsport use. Lots more photos and details available.

Hi Three years gone old already so first MOT coming up soon for my SuperLight 20 .. any suggestions for a kit car friendly MOT place near Pershore please? I am sure my usual MOT place would be fine but wondered if there is a particularly "Caterham empathetic" choice nearby as well? Thanks Colin

Johnv - you have a message

Yes I checked the inertia trip John - no different.

Gents - Thank you all for your kind offers. I hope to get some time to do a bit more diagnosis today or tomorrow and if I dont' find anything obvious, may well be in touch. Thanks very much Colin

Glad I asked - I was looking at the wrong Redine! It has been running great. A few days ago it turned over fine but just refused to start. Spark fine but plugs dry and no fuel getting delivered. Pump not making any noise when ignition turned on. Checked immobiliser and no problem. Checked fuel pump fuse was OK. Then discovered no voltage detectable at fuse box. So suspect an issue upstream that is preventing juice getting to fuel pump fuse. Fuel pump relay seems possible candidate, which is in the MFU?? So plan is to check all connections around that area and replace MFU if necessary. Any better ideas appreciated. Any method [that a simpleton could execute!] of checking diagnosis short of replacing the whole unit? cheers Colin

Thanks. That is a better deal than I have found so far. Just need to confirm that it really is the MFU that is causing the problem now!

Hi John Thanks for the reply. Is that the Redline in Cheddar? I am struggling to find a phone number for them and the part does not appear to be on line. Be grateful if you have any contact details. Thanks Colin

If anyone has one of these available (must be this part number for EU2 version) , please let me know. Any advice on the specific make and model cars that used this MFU also much appreciated in case I can get one from a breaker. Thanks Colin

Thanks for the reply Paul. They do need to be 4 stud 100 mm pcd as these are to use on my RGB race car. not my Caterham. My RGB car as vauxhall hubs. So I was not expecting a massive response as most of us, I assume, have ford 108 mm hubs on our caterhams . .but thought it was worth asking. Thanks Colin

Please let me know if you have a set of 13 inch rims (6 or 7 inch width) with a 100 mm PCD (4 stud Vauxhall hub) and 15mm offset (or very close) and a 57.1 mm min centre hole Need to be in good shape but a few scratches and colour do not matter as long as they work properly. Thanks Colin

if you want to start racing .. RGB is about the best way I can think of! Class C cars are about same nominal power as my 1400SS Caterham but much lighter and v v quick. Must be folks aout there who would like to get on the grid ??????

I'm all sorted .. thanks very much Pat ... small donation will be on it's way to N the L in your honour cheers Colin

Pat - thanks for the offer .. email on its way

seems to be a popular request right now ... looking for 4 rims in good condition with std caterham offsets ... need to fit caterham and a fury. Don't need tyres.

yes I considered doing something like that ... but what an incredible fag to do something that is so simple on most other dampers!

thanks Adam ... sounds like a bastard of a job ... maybe I'll watch robin hood with a beer and put it off till tomorrow !

2 posts in 1 day must mean I am warming up for serious off season efforts in the garage .... I have a light (440 Kg) english live axle kit car with rear drums and have always struggled a bit to get a consistently firm pedal and the right balance with discs on front. If I get it right they are fine and provide plenty of stopping power for such a light car. But the self adjustment is feeble and I think makes them so trickky to keep right. So been wondering if there is any incentive to switch rears to discs. Any experience out there? Be good to hear what benefits (or not) anyone found in terms of getting a firm pedal, balancing, weight saving, etc? Costs, who supplies best package etc?? Thanks Colin

Hmmm ... just received new rear dampers for my 92 de dion and thought they looked different to the current set ... no threaded body and spring platform. I was finally convinced that in fact I needed to remove a threaded collar/platform from my old units and put them on the new ones. Has anyone done this? The advice from Caterham was to stick the damper shaft in the vice and unscrew/remove the top mounting eye then slide the collar off the top. Seems to me that this would require masive force to stop the shaft turning (damper been on car a long time) and is not a great way to treat the surface of the shaft. Even if I could get this undone, where does the circlip (with no holes) underneath the platform come into this? I assume this is be bread and butter to loads of folks .. . some advice/experience to the misguided would be appreciated before I screw it up. Thanks Colin

thanks to everyone who contributed to a great day .. and in my case particularly to Mark & Donna who generously shared their bonnet with me ALL DAY.... mine was safely rescued from the grass verge just outside my home village with hardly a scratch!! CHEERS Colin

Paul - call on 07768 774166 if still looking ... would need to be quick though! cheers Colin