My 170S Build
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Category: Electrical
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Time spent: 4hCumulative time: 114hMain activities: Coming alive Wow. Big day today. Started off by checking in with Caterham regarding some of the electricals. I had three leads which were loose in the engine compartment and nothing to tell me where they go. One at the back of the engine turned out to be the…
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Time spent: 5hCumulative time: 110hMain activities: Fluids and electrics Nearly there I think. So it was time to start topping up the fluids. First up was the back axle which I filled from above with a funned glued to a piece of garden hose (making use of some of the left over black glue that…
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Time spent: 3hCumulative time: 99hMain activities: Exhaust, rear and front wing tidy up Didn’t have much time today so did mostly small houskeeping jobs. A package arrived this morning with the missing lamda sensor and the angle bracket for exhaust support. It didn’t take long to get these installed and its nice to see the…
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Time spent: 3hCumulative time: 84hMain activities: Front wings I decided to put the front wings on so that I could finish the wiring at the front of the car. I had been delaying it because of a missing connector in the kit and also because I didn’t want to knock the wings in the cramped…
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Time spent: 5hCumulative time: 71hMain activities: rear wings, intercooler, rear axle Miserable cold weather today with snow flurries. So I tried to do as much as I could indoors. The rear axle was a relatively easy job (but slightly messy because of the silicone gasket material). After several checks to make sure I have it…
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Time spent: 3hCumulative time: 50hMain activities: engine electrics, expansion bottle and gearbox mount A few wrap-ups following yesterday’s installation of the engine. I managed to borrow an 3/8” Allen key from a neighbour (still waiting for an equivalent hex drive that can be used with my torque wrench), which was enough to get the imperial…
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Time spent: 6hCulmulative time: 39hMain activities: Finish the lights I decided to get on and finish the lights now that I have tracked down some appropriate heat shrink. As is noted by pretty well everybody, this is a bit of a pain. On the plus side, its a job that can be mostly done away…
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Time spent: 3hCulmulative time: 24hMain activities: starting the lights and anti roll bar The assembly guide suggests the lights as the next task. Well this was expected to be the big one. All the blogs say this is one of the most difficult jobs on The Project. I spent quite a length of time trying…
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7 February 2023 Time spent: 6hCumulative time: 9hMain activities. Going through the boxes and installing temporary protection to sides of car. Installed horns The day started with more rummaging through the various boxes and trying to consolidate things into fewer boxes. Next up was a coat of varnish to the timber section of the boot…
My 170S Build 