Roger Ford

I'm 5ft 9 but have absolutely no problem seeing over an aeroscreen from my lowered floor and Tillet seat. I don't think you'll have an issue.

The wire has to be exposed in order to move with the suspension. On track there's a significant risk of debris such as bits of bodywork which could slice through the wire. I had some bodywork slice through a braided oil hose once (with catastrophic effect) so a wire is definitely vulnerable. Yes, it could happen on the road as well but it's much less likely.

I was told it was the fuel pump that shares a fuse with the speedo sensor (makes sense as they're in similar locations). So a short in the speedo sensor wiring - which is quite exposed - leads to loss of fuel pump and thus the race. The connector is under the wing near the sensor. It's fairly obvious. This is on a Sigma Ti-VCT car. Others no doubt vary.

I believe the usual repair for bridges is simply to cut the old one off and weld a new one on, or as a field repair just bend it roughly straight. Not sure how to check it - ones I've bent have been very obviously so.

Agree with #4 - steering rack bridge is likely culprit if it's not the steering arm.

They've renamed them making it a bit confusing. The old React (or maybe it was 'Response') is now "React Performance" and the old SRF is "React SRF". It's the performance one that I use which is about a quarter of the price of SRF.

SRF is overkill in a Caterham. I've raced for many years using Castrol React, and never had an issue with fluid boiling.

Mine goes Full Full Full Full Full Nearly full Whoah... EMPTY!!!

That is a bit odd. If a replacement speedo it must presumably have been a secondhand one. Possible explanation for the early June MOT was if the car was being sold and the owner wanted to sell it with a full year's MOT. But that doesn't explain why it had another one the following January. Unless, maybe, he decided not to sell it and then forgot he'd done the extra MOT!

As a newbie I need help, wanting to buy a 7, but MOT mileage shows mileage going backwards at a certain point. Have had a reassurance from seller but generally what do you think. Will the discrepancy affect future saleability? It is a lovely car but should I walk away? When you sell it the buyer may have the same question, but it's really not unusual to replace a speedo on a car like this. So yes, it might have a slight effect on future saleability, but if it's the car you want I really wouldn't let it put you off.

Looks like I have a local taker for the DeWalt tools. Anyone want a pair of air ratchet drivers? 1/2 inch and 3/8 inch drives.

I need to clear out some of my older power tools. These are tool-only - no batteries, no not much use unless you have suitable batteries. They all take the old-style "post" batteries, not the newer "slide" type. DW059 18v cordless impact wrench DC925 18v hammer drill. I seem to remember the chuck is slightly wonky, but it still worked DW954 14.4v drill/driver (my first DeWalt tool that started a very expensive habit!) Would strongly prefer collection from Twickenham - TW1, but would consider posting at cost for a small donation to the club charity. Dibs for collection automatically beats postal dibs.

Sorry my mistake, it's SA2010 that expires end of this year.

SA2005 still valid for racing until the end of this year.

You drive around with a cage with no padding? Safer with no cage. Get the proper FIA stuff. It's expensive, but far more effective than the cheap foam stuff, which might protect from scuffs and scratches but won't do much in an accident.

Quick shifter can mean two different things. On cars, it usually refers to a short-throw gearchange stick. Caterhams have these as standard on Type 9 boxes, though it's possible there may be an extra-short version available (don't think I'd want one though). On motorcycles, it normally refers to a mechanism that interrupts the ignition as you shift, allowing clutchless up (and sometimes down) changes without blipping the throttle. It's likely that those only exist for sequential boxes.

Don't know about their tool cases but most of the tools are decidedly at the budget end of things. Had my Machine Mart one for 25 years now and never had a problem. Still seems to be available, though somewhat higher priced than it was a quarter of a century ago.

For mine I ran a new switched feed from under the dash. Can't remember exactly where it came from, think it may have been the feed to the heated screen switch or windscreen wiper switch. I didn't want to rely on sidelights to power the DRLs.

Was it 3 Way Components? It would be really useful if you could post a link - or at least some text that would help us find the connector from that page.

For anyone who's interested (probably nobody!) the problem was that the database password had expired. There's a check system that looks for problems and reboots the server if it finds any - but of course that didn't solve the expired password problem so the system would just continuously reboot every five minutes. I've now reset the password, and set it to never expire so hopefully that won't happen again.

If there isn't I could be interested!

Isn't there a waiting list? Usually better to let the club give it to the next person on the list.

Looks good - I wish all trackday organisers would have similar.

Most trackday/circuit waivers absolve the organisers and circuit of responsibility, but have nothing to say about claims against other drivers. CL7C waivers might be better, I haven't done one for some time. You'd need a lawyer to comment on whether such a waiver would actually affect a negligence claim for property damage - as you say, it certainly wouldn't for injury or death.

Trackday insurance pretty much never covers third-party liability, it's cover for your vehicle only. My understanding as a non-lawyer of track day (and race) liability is that it's quite different from road liability. In a road accident, liability usually decided against one party or the other, but can be proportioned (for example, I was speeding but you pulled out in front of me without looking, so it was 75% your fault). For trackdays, like many sports, you are assumed to be taking on a risk by taking part. If someone has an incident which might reasonably be expected on a trackday (like losing traction and spinning off) and they take you out, it's not their fault, it's yours for taking part. On the other hand, if they do something stupid like ignoring overtaking rules or continuing to drive fast after a red flag is thrown and they take you out, you have every right to claim from them. The same way as a legal tackle in rugby that caused injury would be OK, but punching another player or tackling a player who doesn't have the ball would not.