Whilst relatively easy on paper, these did take me a while to finish. In summary
- Radiator bottom hose – doddle
- Radiator top hose – also easy
- Return hose to expansion bottle – It’s the hose that is labelled as a fuel hose. Easy enough once you have cut it to the right length (had way more than needed). A bit of silicone spray to help it get fixed. Will tidy up fixing it in place later
- Intercooler – couldn’t finish as I have been given the wrong mounting bobbins
- Purge valve hose – not sure about this one. Seem to be missing this unless I use the offcuts from the return hose. [a check with Caterham confirmed I use the return hose offcuts]
- Heater valve lower hose – Not so difficult once you locate where it goes. Uses the hockey-stick bit of pipe from before (offcuts had been used to connect the heater valve to the heater unit behind the dash)
- Heater valve upper hose – bit of a bugger. I had to rotate the expansion bottle to get it to fit and also trim a bit off the hose at the heater valve end.
- Airbox hose – doddle. Surprising that a cable tie is sufficient to fix it on to the top of the engine block, although I guess this is holding very lower pressure air (probably negative pressure) so is unlikely to pop off.
- Solenoid valve – didn’t get far, just labelled the pipes. Missing the P Clip (got some on Amazon which will come tomorrow) so no way to fix it at the moment
- Clutch hose. Bit of a fiddle but got it in without too much difficulty. Seemed easiest to assemble the upper bits first on the hose and then attach that to the clutch cylinder. There was a loose rubber washer in the pack so I put it where it seemed sensible to go on the bottom connector which is held in place with a small clip .
- Fuel hose – simple – was expecting something a lot of complex for the a pipe carrying very flammable fuel. The hose on my car was tied to the other side of the chassis so I had to cut off the cable tie and move it around to where it was needed on the drivers side of the car. Its a simple push-fit
- I also removed the engine lifting eye as I don’t think that will be needed again. I kept it just in case of course.
[I later had a big tidy-up with cable ties going in everywhere to securely fix everything at regular intervals. Part of the IVA requirements].
[also note that it would have been better to install the main earth onto the engine at this point]
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