Keith_T

E7VEN,  Ali and Yellow Super Sprint.  Well laden so presumably returning from Le Mans.  Plus an S4 whose owner had headed off to Paris leaving his son-in-law to drive back solo from LM.  Sadly it's battery was flat so needed push starts.  

My car had a horn push then I converted to Momo.  Suspect I will the necessary part here somewhere. 

IIRC in old days on blatchat there was extensive discussion on front numberplate size.  I believe it was thought a correctly sized plate - particularly with a gurney "flap" underneath - could provide a bit of downforce to reduce understeer.

I bought rubber Well Nuts (M5) from Probolt as cheaper than Rawl-? which weren't readily available locally.

They worked ok but at least one of the rivnuts pulled out leaving a larger hole so the well nuts fell in. I was going to try bonding the Well Nuts in place but ran out of time.  It's likely the car will be re-skinned in near future.

I found a RaceTech central mirror with standard length stem surprisingly effective.  The side mirrors were a bit small.

My ex-Academy car has a Brake Bias valve but the lever (which I was told to leave forward) is very floppy ie can be moved forward or back without any resistance.

Need to investigate further (car not in use at the moment) but intend to keep for authenticity. 

If I can't find one leather seat will opt for 2 x Cloth Caterham seats.

(Need a matching pair in preparation for disposal of the car)

Looking for 1 seat to make up a pair......

Hate the horrible Phillips heads. 

Lovely car.  What was your route and where are you based?

I'm looking at a painting of us ascending Shelsley Walsh in the 7 some years ago.  Also been there to a Breakfast Club which was excellent.

Enjoy tomorrow.  Hope the weather stays good for you!

Seen heading towards M5/A38.  I was on my bike.  Envious - thinking nice day for a blat but 7 currently at Millwood being fitted with a new nosecone.  

I replaced the Vecta with a Toad Powerkey last year.  It's not the sort of task I would attempt myself and a professional fitter did the job for about £160.  Removing and replacing the scuttle was the worst part.  The new unit makes dealing with stop-start traffic a lot easier as you don't have to keep removing the ignition key (to trigger the immobiliser) each time you want to restart.  Main reason for changing was liklihood we would get stuck somewhere on the continent when the Vecta failed.  I read before about ECR's experiences and knew I'd have no hope of that sort of fix.

The previous owner of my car fitted a newly-fabricated English axle at quite great expense.

Sadly it was pretty hopeless.  There was no brace and a split A-Frame mount meant it leaked oil in quite a big way.  Furthermore, failure to remove the old bumpstops didn't help handling. (Oh, and oil used to centrifuge into the nearside wheel due to bearing issues).

Thankfully James Whiting was able to put together a properly engineered replacement which (touch wood) has been completely trouble free.  

It would be worthwhile doing a search here.  I seem to recall finding the h/b originated on a Fork Lift Truck and needs bending to fit the 7.

I was looking for a replacement as the button pops out due to thread wear (even though the h/b is rarely used).  

As previously suggested, I'm sure Redline will help.

Sorry, not a 7 but don't think I've ever seen a 50s Gullwing on the road before.

Quite a lot smaller than I had imagined,  very beautiful.  

Seen coming from Salisbury.  We were in a Shogun heading opposite direction.

Thanks for the wave.  We (R613GNO) were coming to terms with the boring drive home to Gloucestershire (M23/M25/M4) from L2B.

Think I had something similar.   Millwood told me a fix would involve removing and dismantling gearbox.

Ended up fitting a Racetech electronic speedo which seemed easier and much cheaper option (once I'd bought the sensor bracket from Caterham).

Best of luck!

Archer,  I go along with that.  Am always checking what's available at Probolt.  

For "Screw - Windscreen Assy/Stanchion" (silver) it's "M5 C/sunk".

The remaining originals I have look to be a bit chamfered and possibly plated but I will change all to match.

Answering my own question (having found them on caterhamparts) 5mm countersunk.

Any idea of stanchion to screen screw sizes and is it a standard countersunk?

(I lost one years ago).

On another fastener issue,  just changed out the pedal box cover screws.  The standard ones seem a bit soft.  When we had a problem in Genoa last year I couldn't loosen with screw driver and ended up using pliers.  Just bought stainless socket head cap screws at £2 odd for 50 (from Screwfix)  So got some spares available....

Good question.  I've been meaning to replace mine as those that also hold the Master Switch Eyebrow are Philips head and have become badly burred (following a number of screen removals).  Need to check length now.

Hi Paul

Best of luck with the brakes.

We took our 1800 8v to the L7 Italy meet at Portofino last year.  It suffered a broken spigot bearing which made changing gear difficult.  Am hoping it'll be trouble free when we head back down next month.

Main problem is lack of luggage space in a live axle car.

Keth 

Go for it.  

I loved and still miss mine.  

One of my greatest 7 memories is starting up the x/f first thing in the morning in the garage.  That noise....

You get used to the under-dash handbrake.  Just need some fancy footwork.