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Drakman

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    Hi Guys, Dave here, I am located in Queensland, Australia in an area they call the "Sunshine Coast". I am a 68 year old supposedly retired, ex Mechanic, ex Police officer and current small business owner. My car is a 2014 Roadsport 175, green with a yellow stripe highlighted with white side stripes. I couldn't say no when i first laid eyes on it.
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    Queensland, Australia
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    Cars, metal detecting and driving
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    Retired, supposedly!
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    Caterham, Roadsport 175

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  1. Just a thought, take the fuel cap off and try, if the cap is vented and the vent blocks it creates a vacuum in the tank and a no fuel flow issue results. The other thing is a few years ago there were quite a few fake NGK spark plugs being sold, mostly through Ebay, Chinese copies that produced the symptoms you are describing. A quick rough and ready SU flow check, take the float bowl top and the dashpot and piston off, while looking down into the top of the carb pour a little fuel into the float bowl, you should see the fuel overflow out of the top of the jet. In fact if the float level is right you might even see the fuel in the jet just by rocking the car, the fuel level will obviously be the same in the bowl and the jet. Dave
  2. Lol, that old saying about not letting my wife sell my toys for what i told her they cost applies here.
  3. I hope this will wake the 2 liter duratec engine up a bit. I love a good jigsaw puzzle, i guess it all goes somewhere.
  4. Hi, I use this when comparing wheel and tyre sizes. https://www.wheel-size.com/calc/?wheel1=185-65-14X6ET23&wheel2=185-55-13X6ET23&fcl=50mm&scl=50mm&wcl=30mm&sr=0mm
  5. Yes, just brace yourself and keep applying more pulling power, I'm 6' 2" and i have been weight training most of my life and i had trouble with mine. You need to get some lubricant around the outside of the bush where it sits in the chassis/dash tube. I must stress though that my car is a 2014 SV model, I don't know if your set up is the same. You should be able to see the steering column bush start to bulge out as you apply pulling force, be warned when it comes out you might end up on your back. As long as the key is switched to unlock so that the steering can turn the lock should not impact the column. Good luck Dave
  6. Can you move the steering column at all, in or out? I could move mine in about 2 inches and then pull hard out then it would stop with a resounding bang which turned out to be the larger diameter steering lock hitting the back of the bush. I removed my steering lock assembly (2 bolts) but it didn't make any difference if you look at the pics i posted you can see the slot that the steering lock bolt drops into to stop the wheel turning, as long as the steering lock bolt is withdrawn it shouldn't stop the column coming out. I really think i helped it when i injected the WD40 in around the outside of the bush. I had to pull so hard (that doesn't sound quite right) that when it did come out i nearly ended up falling backward out of the car, if the roll bar wasn't there i might have, so it is tuff to pull out.
  7. Hi Pethier, Mine would move in and out a little, it felt and sounded like it was hitting a very solid metal stop somewhere inside. I even removed the steering lock at one stage because i thought that was what it was hitting. The shaft has a much larger diameter section where the steering lock is located, it will only come out toward the driver. This is my old shaft, you can see the added larger diameter sleeve that is for the steering lock and the rubber bush with the ears. I really did inject WD40 in around the bush it helped a lot.
  8. I don't know anything about the older Caterham's but if your upper steering column is like mine it has to come out the top. Obviously you have undone the slip joint where the top and bottom steering shafts join. Have you seen what the rubber bush the upper shaft sits in looks like? It has 2 ears that catch in the sides of the frame. I used a syringe 5cc case and a 23 gauge needle to inject WD40 in around the rubber bush, with the steering wheel on and your feet firmly planted on the floor pull the steering wheel up toward you. Cover the dash with pillows or something soft, be warned when it comes out it does so with considerable speed. I was told at the factory that when they build the cars now they remove quite a bit of the rubber ears on the bush.
  9. Wow, not sure what happened there. Check the choke fast idle cam has returned and the choke in general, sounds like the choke is stuck on on the front carb.
  10. Hello Guys and Girls, I am going through the process of converting my 2014 Caterham Roadsport 175 to Jenvey itb's. I have contacted a couple of people including Jenvey themselves about the purchase of an ITB setup to suit my car. Some suggest 48 mm, others 45 mm, some with the electronic accelerator actuator and one suggesting converting to a cable. The car is standard with Drive By Wire. Can anyone here help me with the most appropriate option for a mainly road going car. 45 mm or 48 mm? Cable actuated or electronic Drive By Wire? Pros and Cons of either setup? Thanks in advance. Dave
  11. Hi Guys, I cannot for the life of me remember where i found the following information, i think it was on a ford focus forum. There are 2 part numbers (cast into the exhaust side ) that signify the Hi port head design :- RF6S4E and RF3S4G The engine in my 2014 roadsport 175 is a DHE420, which apparently means it is 107KW and 190NM. It has the RF6S4E cylinder head fitted. Take the above as "might be right", i make no guarantees as to the accuracy of it. Does anyone know where i can get a Cosworth big valve ported cyl head? Cheers Dave
  12. Hi Ralph, Have you checked the compression? Is a valve stuck/burnt.
  13. Hi Blake, Thank you so much that is perfect, exactly what i needed to see. Cheers Dave
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