Mick Day

What are the advantages in having hydraulic clutch actuation? The guy who supplied the pics mentions frequent cable breakages. My car is 12 years old & still on it's original cable. The engine's out (& so is everything else ) & I'm wondering whether to fit a new cable or continue with old faithful.

On the subject of only buying something once: "There is hardly anything in this world which some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper and the people who consider price alone are this mans lawful prey, as it's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money, that's all. When you pay too little you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought is incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little & getting a lot - it can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for for the risk you run. And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better." John Ruskin (1890)

I believe the electronic Caterham gauges are made by Caerbont: here

Have a look here. " In this discussion the term diode and rectifier will be used interchangeably; however, the term diode usually implies a small signal device with current typically in the milliamp range; and a rectifier, a power device, conducting from1 to 1000 amps or even higher. Many diodes or rectifiers are identified as 1NXXXX . A semiconductor diode consists of a PN junction and has two(2) terminals, an anode(+) and a cathode(-). Current flows from anode to cathode within the diode. "

It may keep the car clean but it does nothing for the diff which just gets hotter. Stuart: how does the Caterham short front tray fit to the chassis? Edited by - Mick Day on 7 Dec 2005 20:24:20

Sit in the car & have a good look round. There are so many things your head can hit before a 3 point system locks up that I wouldn't dream of driving the car unless I was stiched up tight in my 5 point harness.

Chris: YHM.

When doing the from 14" to 13" calcululation don't forget to factor in the sale of your 14" wheels.

Sell the 14" 's & buy some 13" 's

Nifty: he may be from the USA for all we know 21's are better in wet conditions & v good in the dry 48's are superb in the dry & not so good in the wet I use 21's on the road & 48's on the track 185/70/13 21's from George Polley are about £35 a corner. Don't be put off using such a tall tyre as the suspension copes very well.

Delbert & Dave Do you have wing protectors as well or just the Armourfend on its own? Mick

Dom If JW serviced your car then ask his advice. However why not change to Pagid front pads & see how that pans out. Only change one thing at a time otherwise you're back into the great unknown.

Download this useful gearcalc program here. Does all the maths for you.

Brucey Glad you solved the problem. When my suspension goes back together again I'll be tempted to do without the thread-lock & just check the torque on a regular basis. Mick

For some time I was ignorant of the foam arrangement in my sump. My 5 year old 1.6 170 BHP K series (Apollo) shows consistent oil pressure of 4 bar dropping to 3.75 when hot (100deg +) on track. R hand bends & I hardly ever see the OP drop but on L hand bends it drops to 2 bar. DVA now has the engine, & when it's apart, it'll be interesting to see what the bearings are like especially as I rev it to 7500 on a standard bottom end! Earlier this year I dropped the sump to find the foam sitting in the sump pan with a neat cut-out for the oil pick-up. I removed the foam & fitted a Hellier baffle. There was no difference in the oil pressure on track. Incidentaly my gauge is the older VDO which reads reasonably rapidly. Now I don't know who started putting the foam in the sump pan rather than between the windage plate & oil rail, as every 2 years I would get a professional to service the car, & check it over, with me doing the other services. I've never touched the foam. Now if I wasn't moving to a dry sump I'd be inclined to try an experiment: use the Hellier baffle but place foam fore & aft in the sump pan. Also carry out DVA's recommended modification to the sump gasket to get better drainage around the pick-up. Incidentally I think the reason for the foam breakup is having it squashed between the windage plate & the oil rail. If it's uncompressed in the pan I don't think it'll break up. Dave: If you want to do this you can have a free loan of my Hellier baffle. Mick

Brucey If all else fails I have just removed my narrow track wishbones. They're up for sale but if you need them you can have them for free. The back ones should be easier. Mick

Myles In a brown trouser moment that pedal would really move. Mick

Just done exactly as you have & same result. if you think about it most modern cars have split diagonal circuits whereas the 7 has front/rear split. On this evidence I don't think the rears would work in an emergency after a catastrophic leak from the front.

Narrow track wishbones & 16.2mm (red) a.r. bar from a 1994 de-dion. Sold with new fitted bottom spherical joints. In need of new powder coating. £70.00 Buyer collects.

Seen the same thing happen to a crossflow & a K & N filter housing.

The trick is don't do it up too tight, or if you do put a piece of pipe over the allen key. If you take the plug to a nut & bolt store they'll probably be able to supply something; but I bet you'll have to shorten it 😬

Tim Brise: 01322-277622 http://www.brise.co.uk/ Tim can do just about any kind of fabricating you want. I was there yesterday looking at a new alternator & getting my 2 starter motors overhauled. He will even modify my petrol tank to an internal filler. So all we have to do is ask. So I would guess we need: 2 scavenge in; 1 pressure out; 1/8th NPTF tapping for temperature sensor; breather to cam cover; breather to catch tank; 6 litre capacity & a drain plug in the bottom. Indeed if Brise have made one already I'm sure they've kept the drawings for the future. However are Pace interested in supplying a suitable front mounted tank? Mick

Thanks: yes I did mean alternator.

Dulux tin only required for K series installations. Vx installations need a cheaper paint tin 😬

Has anyone made a heat shielld on a K series? Do you have any photos or drawings? Mick