BigCol
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Excellent… I have a couple of things in mind for you too…! 🤔
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👍🏻 (hope that new LED units are the same as the old caravan style ones given, I assume, the main loom is unchanged)
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a bit… but not uber niche…? 🤔🤣🤣🤣
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That’ll be me! The lagging takes up the space that the hood sticks previously occupied and with them gone, you’re adding lightness!
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Anyone know (perhaps someone mid-build could measure? @Ainsley?) how long the fly-lead of the standard rear lights is?
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As above, cables… prop shaft… diff.
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If you haven’t got one, it’s worth getting/fitting an isolator switch of some sort so you can stop the parasitic drain of the immobiliser that potentially can drain the battery. Banners once drained are tricky to resuscitate.
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Pretty sure they’re made by Reverie, so they might offer a route if no one has a surplus one…
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I did (as you kindly sent me your notes!) it made it much easier than the initial build but still, positioning the jack, lifting into place, aligning before putting the first fastenings in etc was still far from simple!
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Oxted Trimming? They amended a tonneau for me. Not cheap but did exactly what I wanted.
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I replaced my diff, so had to re-centre as was using a different carrier... like your idea of machined spacers but I lack a lathe etc! Lifting the diff into place on my own with just a trolley jack was far from easy.
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Removing the diff isn’t too bad… refitting and centralising it, is!
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Impressed that having just started your kit, you have contracted upgraditus already!
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Can any of the ReHaB boys help?
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There is never any need to justify being tarty! Tony the Brush at TSK might be able to help. Though wasn’t a similar question asked, and answered, about Firecracker Yellow recently? (have had some Forgetful Juice since then so I might be wrong 🤔)
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Fairy Nuff. Though it would inoculate you from potential future upgraditus! 🤣
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How about this? It looks exceptional!
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Seems the conclusion is LSD: Drexler > TracSport > Sintered Titan > Carbon Titan > ATB: Wavetrac > Quaiffe in terms of both performance and price!
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Sorry… re costs… If the crown wheel/pinion are not badly worn then you’ll be looking at a pub lunch over £2k to get Steve to overhaul your diff, replace the bearings and seals before fitting a TracSport and shipping it back to you. Ask me how I know… 🤔😳 If the diff is trashed (or you want to start from scratch to give peace of mind), add circa £1500 to that for a new open diff from Caterham. Getting the diff out is comparatively straight forward (assuming you don’t smash your finger trying to undo a bolt, otherwise it’ll be an elapsed time of over a week; again, ask me how I know). Getting it back in and centred is much more of a ‘mare however.
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As per the very l..o..n..g thread, a Titan-based solution is far from fit and forget and will need regular maintenance. The sintered plates are more robust than the carbon ones but nevertheless have a limited lifespan. The consensus is to patronise Steve Perks and go for a TracSport unit. There have been a few positive comments recently about Drexler LSDs too. If you really don’t want/need an LSD, then the Quaiffe ATB is meant to be very good.
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@revilla has developed a “Gauge Magic“ circuit (see this thread) that enables the necessary correction. Unfortunately he’s currently reclusive and I don’t think producing any (I’d like one for my fuel gauge!). I hope his circumstances will improve and he’ll be back soon.
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Those above which are from the supplier of the product suggested by @LouisFeakes. including: Seller makes no warranties, express or implied, of merchantability or of fitness for a particular purpose or otherwise, and Seller makes no representation or warranty that this equipment can be safely installed on any specific vehicle or is suitable for use under any specific road or racing conditions.
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I have found both Minty and Darren at Caterham consistently helpful. The former hand-delivered some bits for me when my car was at the 7 Workshop. This was before we realised we’d need the parts! 😳 Darren has responded to emails from me on a Sunday evening.
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The diff uses a Gold AP-22 magnetic sump plug (well, that’s what I put in mine!)
