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Thanks for sharing. Catchy tune, it made my day.

Thanks for the heads up, unfortunately cheapest shipping is $39.34 to Alaska. Makes me wonder how much I spend on shipping costs each year. =p

Try contacting the caterham dealer neaest to you.

Well she runs and the first gear is fantastic. No more big rpm jump between first and second. Wiper and squirter started working by themselves, guess that's to be expected w lucas parts. Still have trouble finding 3rd and 4th gear, but its liveable. No 5th gear so will probably live with 4 gears until winter downtime and teardown. Should've used new sychros and blockers for the 5th gear. PS: I got the longer 1st gear from SP Components Ltd. They are quick to reply, but if its not in stock it may take a few months.

Thanks for everyone's help. I found the correct wire, it had black sheath over it and looked like a ground wire. The wire split off from the main loom right at a 1" gap underneath the intake manifold so it was a pain to spot. Other note that new first gear in my transmission seems to work ok when in the air. Reverse is noisy and 5th gear pops out. I'm hoping reverse will smooth out and that 5th gear issue is because it was in the air. Still need to weld up the crack in the exhaust and figure out why my wipers and windshield washers isn't working.

Thanks for all the help. Got a family reunion to go to first then I'll need to limber up before diving underneth the dash.

Thank, catracer. That's the info I'm looking for. Haven't seen that wire yet tho. Having about 50 wires wrapped up in several looms occupying the same space makes it a headache to trace. Coming out of the trans tunnel in a 4" gap from the bellhousing underneth the airfilter. I think the SV has the transmission farther into the trans tunnel than the S3.

Seriously wish caterham used the same standard as the US does for wiring diagrams. Or even what Subaru uses. My subaru electrical manual has the routing for every wire in my car. Biggest issue is that I took apart the 7 back in Feb of 2013 (5 month delay on transmission parts and lost motivation), and unfortuantely didn't take pics on disassembly.

Looked and didn't see anymore fuses outside the fusebox other than fuses for 12v outlets. All the caterham wiring diagrams for, k-series, sigma, duratec, crossflow engines don't include a 50amp fuse. Unfortunately there's no diagrams for zetec powered caterhams.

Fuses at the fuse box were 20 amp or lower. All were good.

Well figured out what an extra cable that I thought was an extra grounding cable. It goes from alternator to the starter. Still no power to the fuses, ignition, lights, ecu. Got 2 extra connectors (that don't match each other or anything else), 1 is taped up and the other is one the same wire as the o2 sensor but has no loose wires near it. Still stumped as to where the main power comes from.

That's what I was thinking but the only extra wire I have with a ring terminal on it is pretty thin around 16 gauge. That wire triggers one of the relays when I put it directly to battery +, but still no lights or power to anything. I think I'll unhook every wire and look again.

Battery 12v cable and solenoid wire is hooked up. I don't have a seperate solenoid like in the picture. I'm just stumped as to why I don't have any power to the ignition or lights or anything.

2004 caterham 7 with svt engine. Ok got the 7 back together but no power to anything. Got the battery cable connected to the starter. Is there anything else supposed to be connected to the starter? I just have the battery cable and the solenoid wire. Where does the ecu and ignition hook up to power? Got a good ground and voltmeter confirms that. Been staring at wiring diagrams for other engine models, but it isn't helping so far.

Thanks for the link. $22 used without shipping. Guess I'll go the ebay route for $24.70 new with shipping. I find shipping from the UK to Alaska to be faster than from the lower 48.

Finally got my engine and transmission back in the 7, but had a brain fart and forgot to take off the reverse light switch. Broke off the connectors. Anyone have a part # that works in the US? I've found some part #s but can't get them to work on the o'reilly's website.

There's pipe coming off that boxy structure before the intake plenum, so it might be a ait to water intercooler in there.

If the mechanic flushed the system with water, they tend to add straight antifreeze since it'll mix with the water still in the engine block.

Check your locals shops if they have a "coolant vacuum kit". First you drain all the coolant, then suck it down to 0 psi then open the valve and it refills the system. Also called a "airlift coolant refill". PS for anyone who's interested. Here's an amazon link if you want to get one. You need to hook it up to an air compressor.

Poking around youtube and found this vid. Looks of nice exotics and 7s. Looked around the uploader's vids and it looks like he owns a . in Japan. Nice to see the engine line up on display.

Can you get a shot of the beam pattern? Wonder if their 7" model will fit in the caterham housings.

Someone might end up pushing it around the store as a shopping cart.

Check the sides of the transmission case. Mine has #s on both sides. Might need a bore scope to see it. Its a tight area.

With their lack of in house manufacturing, I think their "hands in the cookie jar" issue w their suppliers drives up costs a bit. Not enough to justify current prices tho.

Funny you mentioned a walmart parking lot. When I was a vendor I used the 7 as a dd and my main store was walmart. Not very crowded during my work hrs and I parked away from everyone else.