My 170S Build
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Category: Interior
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Time spent: 2hCumulative time: 122hMain activities: Carpeting the boot If you like jigsaws, this is the job for you. If, like me, you don’t, it’s a bit of a pain. There is a patchwork of carpet bits provided to fix out the boot (and its worth doing to reduce the risk of something rattling around…
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Time spent: 3hCumulative time: 120hMain activities: Torquing up the suspension, fixing the steering wheel Not much left to do but one really important job is to tighten up the front and rear suspension, and when this is done, I can align the headlights hopefully. Whilst the final suspension adjustments should in theory be pretty simple,…
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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: 3hCumulative time: 105hMain activities: Seatbelts, map pocket and seats Light touch today with just a few jobs First thing was to fix the seat belts onto the tunnel. The hole in the carpet didn’t quite line up perfectly with the tapped hole but I was able to get the them installed and torqued…
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Time spent: 3hCumulative time: 102hMain activities: Carpets, tunnel cover As the sun was shining and there was minimal wind, I thought today would be ideal to fix the carpets. It’s a bit of a jigsaw puzzle for the boot (which I have decided to leave for the time being as there are more pressing jobs)…
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Time spent: 4hCumulative time: 66hMain activities: front wings, engine plumbing, internal trim With the dire predictions about the weather for tomorrow, I decided to get a few jobs done that would allow me to do work indoors most of tomorrow (instead of in the ice-box garage). Its meant to get really cold tonight. But first…
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Time spent: 2hCulmulative time: 41hMain activities: Airbox and parts identification, internal trim With the engine install on hold because of missing fixing bolts and I am pause mode whilst I wait for these to be sent from Caterham. I have been doing what I can to keep the build moving. I am indebted to the…
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Time spent: 6hCulmulative time: 30hMain activities: Anti Roll Bar, radiator and heater install The replacement ball end for the ARB arrived whilst I was away so that was the first thing I tackled this morning. All went reasonably well – the new ball end needed filing around it’s equator which took quite a lot of…
My 170S Build 