I did quite a few little jobs today. Bled the brakes and got a much better feel initially, but after driving 50 miles I?m not convinced. The other problem (now and before the bleeding) is that the brake pedal goes too low/accelerator is too high to heel and toe easily. I?m reluctant to move the accelerator because it is against the forward stop, but I raised the brake pedal a little by adjusting the nuts on the plunger.
The tonneau is fully fitted ? with some Dual Lock for extra security (it was windy today, and doing about 80 on the motorway this afternoon the front tonneau popper came undone! Hence some added Dual Lock :-)). I also refitted the popper base properly where Caterham had pulled it out the bodywork using the rivet washers that Steve sent me (thanks Steve!).
I also had a strange squeak from the passenger seat and removed it, only to find that everything seemed tight. However, on putting it back in I manged to cross thread one of the mounting bolts/captive nuts and now can?t get it undone as the captive nut in the rail isn?t captive anymore! I started Dremelling off the head of the bolt and got about 80% there before I had to switch cutting disk. I then destroyed 5 disks in rapid succession as they keep catching on the split washer under the bolt head. I?ll need to go out and get some more tomorrow to finish it off. I?ve ordered a replacement rail and bolt from Caterham so it will be fairly easy to sort when it arrives.
Finally, I straightened the steering wheel which I?ve been meaning to do for ages.
Test day week after next at Silverstone ? but bloody Stowe!! Picking the trailer up from Brian James next weekend.
Posted by charles at March 27, 2004 7:37 PM