October 5, 2003
Day 17 - plumbing (water) and crutch straps
Well, I didn't get it started.
The day began with plumbing which was all pretty straightforward (I'd decided that I could replace the faulty bobbin quite easily once Caterham had sent a replacement). Fuel pipes went on alright. Then disaster struck as the small hose from the expansion tank to the head was missing. Another thing to add to the list.
Given that I now wasn't going to get it started I just did some bits and pieces. I fixed the mounting rails to the seats and thought about how they could be fitted to the car. On the driver's side there are some aluminium reinforcing plates and I assume that you just drill through these - the guide isn't clear. However, with the lowered floor the adjuster arm catches the chassis cross member. Another question for Caterham....
Decided to try and fit the crutch straps with the fixings that James at Caterham had sent me. You can see that James knows I like things to be clearly labelled!
Not only do you have to drill through (expand) the existing bracket you also need to drill through the floor so out came the drill again. On the second picture you can see what I think are the seat mounting strengthening plates on the floor and on the right hand side the chassis member that the adjuster is likely to catch against.
In the end though, everything went on alright and it was a good end to the day.
4 hours today, 60.5 hours total.
Posted by charles at October 5, 2003 8:27 PM