Tuesday, 18 July 2017

Almost Defeated Me

The Caterham had definitely won and I was on my knees defeated by two small parts.


I swapped out the brake union and the new switch quite easily - took my time and it went fine. Bled the brakes - no bleed screw on the rear off side interestingly. Oh and I think I bent the cross member a fraction jacking the car up however all done.

It all made no difference at all.

So deflated I decided to let the professionals take it away.

While I was tidying up the tools I thought I'd just do some more electrical tests. So I tested the break switch and it was working - the resistance fell when the break was pushed. Then I tested the wires again - yes they switched on the break lights when power was applied.

Finally I tested that there was power to the original wires - there was not. So bypassing one wire and giving it power directly it fixed everything - well for now. New red wire showing the bodge.



Clonk still there - but that is tomorrow's problem.

Early evening run out in the Ferrari to top up my supply of car wire - chatted to a fan in the car park.


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