Michael G

Heading north on Hosey Hill, Westerham. 1135 hrs. Looked so good in the sunshine you made me resolve to get mine out asap! Michael

Howsabout some sunshine?

Fine Ian. Am in Bristol area now, so collection tomorrow might be possible. Michael

Ian, Meant to reply to this earlier. I'm doing pretty regular Sunday/Monday trips to Yate at the moment and could collect this for you and bring it back to N Kent. Michael

Ah, so that was you tooting, Peter! OK, I've been rumbled. I'll come clean. Having clayed my car, today I touched up my myriad paint chips using my new Chipex paint kit, then - I admit it - I put on two (yes, that's 2!) coats of polish. 😳 I spent the afternoon listening fearfully for the Ghost Riders etc blat in case a certain SM25T led a load of LHS exhaust Caterhams up my hill and peppered my good work with grit and leaves. Car looking great though. In fact, it's looking so good that if it's raining next weekend I might just take my TT to the I of W instead of my Seven.... 😬 But, no, SM25T unlike some I could mention I did stop short at polishing my exhaust! Michael

Great. Thanks Ian. I've also got a piano I'm thinking of getting rid of... 😬 😬

Removed from my car immediately following the IVA and so to all intents unused and in "as new" condition. Prefer to sell as an assembly. Motolita 11" Steering Wheel (Caterham Parts No 77217) Motolita Steering Wheel Boss (77218) fitted with silver "7" logo centre Steering Column Upper (75027B) Steering Column Bush (B8466) (2off, but one has missing internal plastic sleeve) This lot is about £220 from C Parts. Howsabout £125 + p&p? BM me if interested. Michael

The key for my Defender 90 switches on my Caterham ignition no problem ...

My experience is similar to that of Coolbop's. The clonks - more like bangs - from my original LSD were real head-turners. My replacement carbon plated diff is very much quieter; knocks when changing gear and when going on or off the throttle. I understand that this is as good as it is gets. Whilst the noise is now reduced to nuisance level rather than being a problem, I have to say that had I known when speccing my car that an LSD was going to commit me to listening to this knocking for the next x years, then I almost certainly would have gone for an open diff instead.

Tim It's a proprietary light but it's LED's are popping after 6 months of use. Thanks for your advice, which I shall follow. Michael

Several mentions in this thread and elsewhere of fitting a resistor to the feed for these lights. I'm about to replace my high level brake light which has blown a few of its LED's. My understanding is that fitting a series resistor will "tone down" the power supply a bit and give some protection to the vulnerable LED's. Is this correct please? If so, what size resistor should I be fitting? I know nothing about electronics so please speak to me as to a child! Michael

Gary, Interested in your wind deflectors. YHM Michael

Also from the Pro-Bolt website. All you need to know! here

You turned up the Croydon Road from Westerham at about 1630 hrs. I was 2 behind you in the silver 90 but couldn't get past the lumbering truck cab thingy between us to be able to give you a toot and a Michael

You caught up with us on the A3 at 1300 hrs today, and followed us for a few miles Great blatting weather!

Good guess, but not FV. It was me

Another vote for ACF 50. Great stuff. Very easy to apply, minimal mess. Has kept my Defender in great shape for the last several years, so I now use it on my Seven. Michael

Ian, I'm passing Banbury on 14th June. Might be too late for you though? Michael

Red, C7 RWR, 2 up, heading south, Sunday at 1700 hrs. I was talking to my neighbour by the roadside and gave you a and a MIchael

Yellow, heading south at 1430 hrs Saturday. I was weeding my front garden and gave you a as you passed. Michael

CC told me it was an IVA requirement. I understand it's to stop petrol leaking out if your vehicle is upside down - but it won't of course, because it doesn't seal. I picked up my car 3 weeks ago. A few days later I tried, and failed, to refuel the vehicle at my local BP, Shell and Sainsbury garages. I've read umpteen posts on this subject and I tried every suggested angle including more of my own but, in desperation and after scratching my black-pack aero filler with my unsuccessful gyrations, I resorted to buying a fuel can and using the fill spout to jam the flap open. I took the car back to CC and they removed the flap. It is frankly ridiculous that CC have failed to resolve this long-running issue and even more ridiculous that they sell you a car they know you will have trouble refueling. Michael

Mine hangs quite pleasingly. 😬 I did faff around a bit positioning the elastic and clips to get them into the optimum position but after doing that it sat quite nicely. Michael

My Sprint tunnel bag arrived with rivets etc which I spoke to Soft Bits about fitting, since I imagined very marginally improved security and less flapping in the breeze. SB told me that few people use the rivet fasteners because they prefer to avoid drilling non-essential holes in their cars. This makes sense so I've decided to not use the fasteners if possible. SB mentioned they were a legal requirement in some countries (Germany?) and that's why they provided them. After some 1k miles, I have to say I'm planning to leave things as they are. I haven't noticed the side pockets flap at speed. By the way, my car has the leather tunnel top and carpet, like yours. Michael

Westerham, heading south. Looked like you were enjoying the sunshine. I was vigorously polishing 😳 my blue Roadsport and returned your Michael

Mine is the lsd mentioned by Martin, on a Roadsport 150 with 500 miles on the clock. Not much backlash showing, but very noisy irregular clattering when pulling away and turning. Improves when hot but still there. Slight whine on over-run sometimes audible, but nothing to get excited about. I was told that the solution for road cars is to replace the sintered metal plates with carbon plates. 8 weeks delivery for my replacement. ☹️ I understand that this problem rather took Caterham by surprise on road car lsd's, and the impression given is that mine is a particularly "bad" one. Michael