Randy Flowers

Hey yall Thanks for all the feedback on whether to wait until Spring or not. Josh at Rocky Mountain agrees with yall's assessement as he responded to the same question with: "You can do multi-prong unless it is actively on Bring a Trailer. I believe BaT wants all concurrent avenues paused while an auction is live. I don't think it is necessary to wait until spring to sell. There are active Caterham buyers year-round. The market is so tight in the US for new / young Sevens that the seasonal lull doesn't matter as much as it used to." So, I am thinking to go ahead and pursue the non-BaT options for selling, including using Josh at RM to post it on his site, and if it hasn't yet sold in a few months, put it on BaT. It is a pretty unique newer 7 in that it was built by Road and Track mag (with Josh at RM overseeing) for a series of articles and it is also a super rare Gulf Blue 7. It is in perfect condition and I added some things to it after I bought it, including a tunnel bag from SBF7s, kill switch, etc. One of those niche guys mentioned above will be interested Randy

Hey yall... Thanks for the suggestions. Been super busy with Christmas, etc and just now thinking of this again. I am working with a friend whose business happens to be buying and selling rare vintage cars and he is strongly suggesting that we wait to put it out for sale anywhere until March at least as this is the worst time of the year to sell a car like a Caterham. My friend is also high on using Bring a Trailer as the primary place to sell. When we do put it out there to sell, should I do a multi-pronged approach and put it out simultaneously on Bring a Trailer, here on this the USA7's sell page, Caterham Marketplace on Facebook and possibly Hemmings? Or should I just post it initially on something like Bring a Trailer before putting it out everywhere at once? An option is to wait until March to attempt to sell it on Bring a Trailer, but in January go ahead and put ads on Caterham Marketplace, USA7s and Hemmings. Another possible option is to work with Josh at Rocky Mountain Caterham and also advertise it on their site. Josh said if we do that, then I would pay them a $500 finder's fee if the buyer came from them. What about using that option? The main question is whether or not to wait until the Spring to put out the advertisements The other question is whether to put it onto the multiple different places mentioned above all simultaneously or just put it on one (or more) of them at a time? Thanks! Randy

That's fine, wasn't trying to do an end run, just curious how to best sell the car. Randy

Hey there... Randy Flowers here, and it is unfortunately now best for me to sell the Seven I bought back in June this year. It is a special one, built by Road and Track Magazine for a series of articles about the Caterham and then owned by Josh of Rocky Mountain Caterham before I owned it, with only 4K miles, a 2020 310R in excellent condition, with all the extras as well. It is in beautiful Gulf Blue with an orange ring around the nose and stripe, a real head turner for sure. It won a prize at both of the local car shows I took it to which was neat to experience. I loved it and it was amazing to own and drive for awhile, but due to financial issues I need to sell now. At least I can now say I owned a Seven in my lifetime now and know what it is like to own and drive one regularly. I need help figuring out how to best recoup most of my initial outlay last June. I want to sell it in the best way to do that. I know about the 'Bring a Trailer' auction, the USA7s sell site and possibly Hemmings, but where else should I advertise for the sale? Any other advice on how to best sell it? Thanks for the help!

Thanks for the link on the washer bottle location and the pic of with the scuttle removed.

Awesome on the link to the build guides and assembly instructions! Found the 2018 Caterham Sigma 310 Assembly Guide. We have since yesterday gotten in touch with Josh at Rocky Mountain Caterham (where I bought it) and he is going to help us source the missing windshield wiper assembly parts we need, and he also told us the wiper fluid bottle goes into the boot. So, making progress Randy

I have recently purchased a 2020 Caterham 310R (Sigma engine) and my mechanic friend and I need help getting the windshield wiper assembly installed (it was not installed when the kit was put together) My Seven came with a box of parts for the windshield wiper assembly, but we are missing a number of pieces and we are also missing any sort of instructions on how to install the windshield wiper assembly. How would we find some sort of windshield wiper kit assembly instructions for a Caterham 310 Sigma engine Seven? Surely there are some sort of instructions for installing things like this. We are not the first one to do this and I would prefer to lean on how others have done it. Is there any sort of list for the windshield wiper assembly that lists all the needed parts/pieces as well? We are also very unsure as to where and how to mount the windshield washer reservoir bottle in a 310. Where (and how) do we mount the windshield washer reservoir bottle properly? Also, is there a central location to look online for instructions for various mechanical tasks on a Sigma engined 310 (like installing the windshield wipers, or installing a kill switch, etc)? Thanks! Randy

I called and talked to Caterham Parts in the UK a few days ago and he said to not mix coolant types, and that it was OK to just put distilled water in it to top it back up. He also said for putting a new coolant type in, any OAT type 50/50 would be good going forward. I put in 2.5 cups of distilled water today and saw no leaks at all when running the Seven for a bit. I am taking it over to my mechanic's house tomorrow to check it out better and figure out why I lost a few cups of fluid. How about this for the new coolant to use when we do a coolant flush in a few months (Motorcraft Yellow 50/50 with POAT tech)? https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/c/motorcraft/oil--chemicals---fluids/antifreeze/antifreeze---coolant---vehicle-specific/df3a6469dc0a/motorcraft-1-gallon-yellow-50-50-antifreeze-coolant/mot0/vc13dlg?pos=56

If we flush the entire system, how many liters of coolant is needed when refilling the system?

My car is a 2020 310R (Ford Sigma engine). Here is the recommended coolant (and the only coolant listed at the Caterham parts site), but it is currently out of stock... https://caterhamparts.co.uk/158-coolant The coolant is due to be flushed (car is 4 years old), so we could use a totally new coolant and not need to worry about mixing it with whatever is in there now. I would strongly prefer something that I can either order easily on Amazon or get at the local Auto parts store in Oregon. Just want to know which exact coolant that I can get in the USA easily going forward. I can get this kind of Motul 50/50 coolant, is it completely fine going forward, especially if we flush the coolant and don't mix it with whatever kind of coolant is currently in the system? https://www.amazon.com/Motul-109533-Motocool-Expert-1lt/dp/B08DTZD9LJ/ref=asc_df_B08DTZD9LJ/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=692875362841&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14298195301580668345&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9033094&hvtargid=pla-2281435177618&psc=1&mcid=663da278f7a3304d9a6bd6e48026d3d1&hvocijid=14298195301580668345-B08DTZD9LJ-&hvexpln=73 Randy

Hey yall Another new issue just popped up. I noticed today that there was no coolant showing in the reservoir in the nosecone area. This is the first time I noticed the coolant being low. So, 2 questions: 1) There is no coolant leak that I am aware of. Also, the engine hasn't been getting too warm. How do I best track down why it is now low? 2) I am pretty sure the original coolant in the reservoir was blue. The owner's guide is specifically pointing to only using their recommended coolant (Motul which can only be ordered from overseas). Given that we are in the USA, what can I easily order (Amazon?) for coolant? I will need to top it up again enough to get it over to my mechanic friend's garage so he can figure out what is going on. Right now, the car is parked in its storage unit. So, I will need some sort of coolant put in for that and don't want to put in something that I shouldn't put in it. I have never personally changed/flushed (or bled) coolant before (my Miatas over the last 3 decades have never lost coolant that I can remember), so I am learning on this subject for sure. I definitely do not want to burn the new Ford Sigma engine up! Thanks! Randy

I charged the car on the Noco Genius1 to full charge and the car is functional again. The plan is to only use a jump for emergencies to get me home. Anytime the battery is low, I plan on a full trickle charge. And the Caterham kill switch arrived a few days ago, and until that is installed I am disconnecting the negative terminal on the battery when leaving it for awhile.

OK the plan is as follows: 1) In order to prevent the battery draining when parked, get this kill switch from Caterham and install: https://caterhamparts.co.uk/.../1341-battery-master... 2) In the meantime (until the kill switch is installed) just disconnect the positive cable from the battery after parking in the garage to prevent the battery draining while parked 3) Also get the following trickle battery charger for my Odyssey PC680 (AGM16L) battery. If I find the battery low despite using a kill switch, then take the battery out of the car and take it home (where I do have an electrical outlet) and recharge it up fully with this charger. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07W46BX31... 4) Keep some motorcycle jumpers in the boot and if out on a blat and for some reason the battery is low, then simply jump it to get me home. Does a standard jump of this kind have the chance of hurting the AGM battery? Question: I would like to take the Caterham to a car show in the morning. My battery is still turning the engine over (i.e. not just 'click' when trying to start it) so since I don't yet have the trickle charger shown above, would it be OK to just jumper the Seven today and drive it long enough to get a good charge back into the battery so that I can drive it tomorrow to the car show. Or is it always advisable to use the trickle charger to charge the battery back up when/if it gets low in order to avoid harming the AGM battery? Thanks! Randy

I do not have access to any light. The garage will not let me run a cord out under the garage door to a small solar panel.

I also posted this question to the Caterham Technical discussion on Facebook and got a bunch of responses already, all of them saying to install a battery cut off switch. I assume I need to install a Caterham specific cutoff switch like the one you posted above, right? The Facebook discussion is saying that doing that alone will keep the battery from needing to be recharged or kept trickle charged. Do yall agree with that? Randy