Chapter 7 with a Caterham SVT

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Good news! The fuel has stayed in the tank since the Autocross, and what was dripping didn’t smell like fuel, instead some sort of glue or residue in the underside of the aluminum shelf.

 

Since cleaning the shelf and the tank as best I could this hasn’t returned

 

As far as overall fuel smell, it is much better. I only smell the breather doing its job when I slosh the tank on a spirited drive and it subsides after some cruising.
 

Decided to do an LED swap with tail lights and indicators from Just Add Lightness, and headlights from Summit Racing. The headlights leave a little bit to be desired in their beam pattern but it’s decent. The tail lights are good and bright as needed. The indicators have not worked well so far, and cause all the lights to panic! With only one indicator on, all of the car's light flash, including the gauge lights. If I turn the lights on, then the buzzer is constantly on and the indicator bulb is lit. That’s a first. I tried disconnecting the tachometer to test the theory that the telltale could be the cause, but no dice, and not really sure where to go from here. This issue only happens with the LED indicators installed. Here is a video of the behavior with only the right indicator on:

 

 

 

 

Another interesting new quirk is that while driving with the lights on I can hear the buzzer and see the indicator bulb light up intermittently as I hit bumps. This is making me think there is a bad ground somewhere. 

[JohnCh]

I had something very similar happen with the Westfield many years ago. It turned out the ground on a rear taillight was bad. 

[Vovchandr]

Did you swap the flasher relay for an LED friendly one too? (JAL sells one I think but they are very easy to source anywhere)

Edited 23 minutes ago by Vovchandr