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This might help Bob Determining Critical Surface Tension of Solid Substrates Tim

OK all good points, I don't have experience of Redline so was no way suggesting they were inferior, I know if you recommend somewhere, they are excellent. I was more the general, Caterham are Pants, which is not my experience and the website is rubbish, which again is not my perception, and if you have to ring one supplier its no different if you have to ring the other. More constructive criticism would, I am sure, be useful and if given to CC i'm sure they would try to rectify the problem. Tim

Have to agree with StEve, and the shop ain't so confusing, click on your model at the top, it displays relevant groups in pictures, click on group, click on part , it generally tells you which car it fits, Ok occasionally need to clarify whats in the box, but not that often surely , and its alway nice to have a chat with them, excluding other reasons to ring Redline if you are going to " ring Redline (see ad in Low Flying) Ask for Mick and tell him I recommended you ring. You'll get good advice as well as the parts. " surely you get the same if you rang Caterham, and while in no way having a go at Redline, if we are talking websites, well need I say any more Tim Edited by - tbird on 19 Aug 2012 01:03:21

But three sockets are surely enough! Nope what about http://www.conrad-uk.com/medias/global/ce/8000_8999/8500/8500/8508/850888_RB_00_FB.EPS_1000.jpg and maybe an inverter so you can have a watch winder as well Tim

But if you do that Jonty you can't use it for your conditioner , If you are going to wire it through a switch I would say wire it after the FIA switch then you have the choice and it will still pass Scrutineering if needed Tim

who ever said elektrickery made any sense, 7s are simple, its was much more fun de bugging a Nimrod, F,ing miles of cable 😬 *thumbup*for fixing it , one day you may well discover what caused it 😬 Tim Edited by - tbird on 17 Aug 2012 18:41:57

sorry didn't carry on with input, although Ian did a fine job, had to nip out presumably 12v socket is empty when causing problem, have you checked resistance across the connecting wires when not fitted, I am sure what you say is correct but it makes no sense to me that the socket can draw enough current to stop the car starting without blowing the in line fuse, 10amp fuse as opposed to the starter taking 200amps or so, How are you , physicaly, connecting the socket to the battery , have you connected the socket to battery without it being fitted in car , the socket that is not the battery 😬 Tim

OK quick and dirty checks first, with no immobiliser fitted FIA switch ON ignition off any 4 way flashers key in run position any ignition lights any fuel pump buzz Tim

This is going to be where to start from problem as you have done quite a lot of wiring changes and you started from a point of things not working. OK so from your post you wired the socket directly to battery, via an inline fuse, and not via ignition, and the fuse is intact so initialy I would discount that as directly causing a poroblem, if it had shorted the fuse would blow, you cant connect it the "wrong" way round, (in terms of causing a problem at the moment) If where you were fitting socket or drilling you could have damaged or dislodged a wire than that could have been the problem or it could have been total coincidence, but unless you had a history of similar problem I don't like coincidence, Have you marked the wires on loom and old immobiliser in such a way that it can be wired back in, If it was me I would try to return to where I was prior to problem and start from there. other than that its just going to be a session with the multi meter belling out each circuit involved . Short of a plate buckling a battery cannot go instantly flat so measure voltage with it disconnected then connect terminals, measure Voltage, turn on ignition and measure voltage, they should all be pretty much the same reading, voltage should only drop when cranking, if something is a direct short across battery it will burn out or get very hot very quickly. Tim

I bet its a cracking eggsample, surely somebody is prepared to lay out for it Tim Edited by - tbird on 13 Aug 2012 13:45:33

Would packing out the lower wing work ? Tim

probably done this and it sounds obvious, but have you measured from ground to top of Tyre, because if stays are correct then only thing left is the profile, have you got a profile guage you could use to check shape Tim Edited by - tbird on 9 Aug 2012 12:28:00

2006 according to this Tim

help available here Tim

trouble is for designs, how the h3ll would you mask up, I guess if you spray over tape, taking the tape off would also lift the plasti dip, maybe if you could mask very accurately you could strip tape after each coat, before set properly, then re mask and repeat for each coat. Could be useful for rear wings though to minimise stone chips Tim

Hmmm Interesting, could be fun bespoke designs, just peel of when bored with it Tim

some suggestions here if any help Tim Edited by - tbird on 15 Jul 2012 18:28:35

Ian a little friendly advice, before you look up, the European Vultures are an amazing sight pull over and stop, Enjoy Tim

Paul hi, Its yours for the taking, I have decided to pass Tim

S3 or SV and is that inc P&P cheers Tim

wont the handle look ugly and get in the way Tim

You could try these folk, I had very good service in the past and they will supply small pieces at 210mmx297mm http://www.themeshcompany.com/ Tim

😬 Tim

😬 Bricol, even the Wipac crystal has the area defined that needs taping, http://i.ebayimg.com/20/!BgyYTs!BGk~%24(KGrHqQH-EIEsLrs3t3RBLGqHuPErQ~~_35.JPG

How do clear lenses work on Caterham Headlamps, Tim