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Is there a source of custom half-shafts in the US? {calling Tbox56 or the Locost folks} At the rate I'm going this month I'll have one fail sooner or later.

There is also a ‘tall’ roll bar from Birkin. It that’s not tall enough I suspect they could make you an extra-tall. it’s very easy to swap them

Everything I've touched this weekend has broken: this afternoon the seven's starter motor died (again). A similar failure occurred about 3-4years ago (motor spins but pinion doesn't engage flywheel). It's the stock/standard duralast ford focus starter for my 2L duratec. I do have a Odyssey battery. I'v been lead to believe this is a solenoid problem, does this sound correct? Is this just bad luck or is there something I should check/fix that could be causing this to prematurely fail? thanks.

I have haltech as that was original setup I got. My unit is now obsolete but I’ve had good experiences with support (Oz office remotely logged into my car to help diagnose a failing ignition module). I think many cat’s have SBD systems. Some folks have good experiences with Typhoon? ECU last time I discussed with them. I’d give some/nominal consideration to tuning ability/interface since we are often engineer-types: (Can you find someone to tune a turboencabulator & can you further modify the settings)? My tuner does what he can and has advised: do this/that to further fine tune cold start settings… where there are limited attempts to set values at 30’F.

I agree. Sounds Dodgy

have you checked to see if BirkinDirect has any on hand? i think i got one with my chassis that's in my attic now.

Many thanks to Mike & Tom (as well as everyone who came to make it an amazing sevens gathering) just arriving home now I’ll post this end of the weekend shot of the die hards - Not pictured is the groundhog sunbathing in the driving line at turn 2. Luckily for the little critter we both managed to avoid it.

1) Have you tried one of those viscous aluminum powder radiator leak stop solutions? 2) have you replaced your O2 sensor? Last time I got re-tuned we discovered my sensor was giving intermittently erratic readings

this requires proof

John. Bruce came last year.

Tom what is the COVID - dining room situation regarding lunch/breakfast?

It would seem to either be spark/fuel to #4. any way you can swap all (coil/injector/wire) for #4 with another cylinder and see if that one stops working to narrow it down? good luck... seems its the last 1% of this herculean adventure screwing it all up.

Jay - I have a menagerie of spares. call me tomorrow p.

I too have broken that seal in the name of 11th hour Se7en repairs

Jay - so sorry to hear this. I’m off duty until Sunday - phone me if I can be of any assistance p.

Can you rotate the steering rack to change the steering column angle?

I’ve camped in the field there on more than one occasion. Weather will be good this time of year. Afterwards you can go over to cape may for a day or two.

Dave- may be worth driving down to Millville for the annual usa7s NJMP gathering.

Does this fit vovchandr’s car???

Jay - if you don’t get it sorted let me know. I’ve probably got enough stuff laying around the arts pile to get it taken care of.

You’ll have plenty of help Friday afternoon. Karting is fun, but you’ll have plenty of volunteers to get a head start on weekend repairs.

Crisis averted- after searching I found the needle in my haystack: a gremlin (who still has unanswered questions) in my camshaft position sensor plug on the engine wiring harness. After a little futzing the engine seems to be back to normal again. One huge advantage of building your car is being intimately acquainted with every part of the car. When things break or malfunction there is a repair advantage. I look forward to seeing everyone at Thunderbolt.

Hempy to the rescue- site is back up

ill try and contact the SuperUser

And, like that: . I’ve joined V. While trying for a pre-storm blat today the Engine started intermittently stuttering/skipping. After interrogating the ECU and many circles around my neighborhood the miss counter is rising and there is an unassociated irregularity in the trigger sensor curve. For 10min I thought I had it sorted with a new sensor. Sadly it reoccurred at 15min. (to be continued…)