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I have spare key, a spare immobiliser fob and a spare cut-off all secreted (in different places!) about my 7 in case any go AWOL.

19 hours ago, rj said:

I like that. That's adding lightness

and increasing ground clearance! 

On 18/04/2024 at 09:50, Rhodesey said:

…it isn't the first time I have asked a daft question in my life & won't be the last !

Daft questions are the ones you don’t ask! 

On 17/04/2024 at 23:13, grumpy the 7th said:

Did you have to bend anything to get it on the shaft? If so, what, where & how much bend

Advice is to squeeze… I didn’t - just put it on the end of the selector and offered them up into place as a sub-assembly and then did up the three bolts.

On 17/04/2024 at 23:57, Andy135 said:

I've had a bronze saddle from Burton. Was fine and clipped gently into place.

Think they’re all made by Steve. 🤔

Excellent - many thanks.

My issue was that I look at BlatChat as an app, rather than in a browser, and couldn’t work out how to do what has been suggested from there!

1 hour ago, Rasta7 said:

Probably should have pointed out their 13"x6" wheels. 

Should be OK then - weights should be able to go wherever… as above, it’s on 8” wheels that the weights can foul the DingDiog ears.

Advice used to be apply for an IVA test ASAP - but that was 11 years ago.

Personally, I wanted to take my car to the IVA - it’s all part of the “build journey” and saved £450 (?) by Caterham not presenting it!

I’ve just fitted a bronze one supplied by Steve Perks at SPC (he of TracSport frame).

Fitted perfectly.

How did @Jonathan Kay insert the second quote that links to another thread…?

Make one…

My understanding is that a RiF screen is more desirable!

Would doubt that’s a Caterham part, looks too tall... is it a RiF product?  

I painted my rear callipers with this stuff to match my front HiSpecs (and the brakes on the 911!)

1 hour ago, grumpy the 7th said:

Where do you crimp it? is it where it clips over the shaft?

Does the brass one have 2 pairs of lugs or is it one long gutter shape

How much do you crimp it?

Should it still move freely??

Can you slacken it if over crimped???

The plastic one that broke was 22 years old was never greased but I greased the new one

THANKSSaddle.emlSaddle.eml

I didn’t crimp mine…. I put the saddle on the shifter and offered the assembly up and dropped it into place.

I also didn’t grease the saddle (in retrospect I should’ve but I did spray a bit of GT85 PTFE lube on the various bits so hope will be slippery enough).

The brass bush has the same lumps and bumps as the plastic one and other than its material is indistinguishable (to me 🤷🏻‍♂️)

I fitted the Quaife quickshift unit over winter together with a bronze saddle bush (and the bellows as detailed in the Tech Guide mentioned by the OP).

I got the bush from Steve Perks (he of TracSport fame) who I believe manufactures them.

All went together splendidly (though as a new unit, I didn’t dismantle the shifter!)

6 minutes ago, Jonathan Kay said:

Thanks: I wanted to include those but couldn't find the discussion in the forum.

I knew John made them so found the picture in his website… not sure if they have been discussed here!

There are these Quadlock mounts from @graearea as well of course…

I got a bracket from eBay and then heavily modded part of it to take a Quadlock wireless charging mount low enough not to foul my tonneau.

8 minutes ago, Miker7 said:

@Stuart7 my searching / googling for you and shift lights is failing to find a topic you've posted on, could you share a link please so i can have a read

Sorry Mike, this is something he told me about face-to-face rather than something detailed in here.

1 hour ago, Miker7 said:

I've also started thinking about a multi segment shift light as they all seem very expensive and limited for what they are (plus I'll get to play with code as well & can keep extending it once installed) 

@Stuart7 designed and built something similar last year (assuming I’ve understood what you have in mind and he did!)

Have a linky on me…

1 hour ago, MattB said:

Perhaps 7 owners should do this to show how many replacement radiators they’ve fitted (although I’d need to be careful as I’ve had 2 replacement radiators so far)?😀

🤘🏼

Pretty sure Premier Power used a Modine unit.

I can’t imagine it’s difficult to fit, though mine was done by that nice Mr Cresswell!

It looks to site under the oil filter (so filter off, heat exchanger on, filter back on?) and then some diversion of the cooling system to go via it…. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I have one of these which I got from Amazon: “Gold Plug AP-22 Magnetic Sump Plug Oil Drain Bolt”

@Jonathan Kay guess part number is AP-22

Editted to add, just realised Jonathon was asking Graeme what he bought!  🤦🏻‍♂️

and that you used Loctite rather than Araldite to keep the ring in place…