Found the cause of my car not starting.
Caterham forgot to put a relay in. Guess that got missed off the ‘shortages list’ when they sent the kit out!
Category: Caterham Academy Build Diary
Diary of building a Caterham Academy car
Build day 22-23 – fluids & wheels
Day 22. A couple of weeks ago I spent the morning filling up all the fluids on the car and bleeding the brakes. Had a few connections which needed tightening up but no major leaks so far.
Day 23. Spent today completing all the odd jobs and getting the car off the axle stands. Forgotten how low these cars are, looking forward to the first drive.
Have hit one major problem it seems that the car won’t turn over. I’ve tripled checked all the connections and spoke to Caterham about it. Apparently I have done everything correctly and it should work. So the most likely problem is when Caterham put in the dash or main loom one of the cables has popped out of a connection. Tomorrow is going to be a fun day of trying to track down the problem. If I can’t solve it Caterham will as part of the post build check.
Build Day 21 – more IVA prep
Day 21. After a week of long evening in the office I finally managed to get back out on the car for a couple of hours. All the IVA related trim is now on the car and I’ve fitted the doors. Had to stop as I suddenly thought that starting on the car at 11am and drilling holes to 1am wasn’t the best way to make friends with the neighbours.
Build Day 20 – hood
Day 20. Now that the electrics are done it was time to connect up the battery and see if the lights etc all work. Had a slight worry when nothing worked. Remembered the car has a master cut off switch which was off. Turn that and everything came to life. After a quick test of every switch on the dash it all seems to work correctly.
Moved onto the hood which was a lot of faffing and warming with a heat gun so I could stretch it to size. Had to mark the rest of the poppers and drill holes in the bodywork which is always a worrying stage. Case of measure twice and then again to make be safe! Going to leave the roof on till the car is collected for IVA in the hope that it will lead to the roof being permanently stretched to the right size.
Build Day 19 – IVA checklist
Day 19. Nothing interesting to show just spent the evening working my way through the IVA checklist. Fitting plastic caps on bolts and edge trim on ‘sharp’ edges. In the unfortunate event of a rabbit running onto the race track I can sleep easier knowing he will be hit by a plastic capped nut instead of just a metal nut.
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