M.O.T Tomorrow

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:43 pm

Im sh!ting it for some reason, even tho theres nothing wrong with the car.

Just have a bad feeling...

I need to change my rear lights back to standard as mine are LHD....

Front indicators have sylvatec bulbs so that dont need changing as they're legal aren't they?lol

Cant think of anything else...Anything I need to double check?

Thanks!!

dino · Post by **dino** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:52 pm

i always check all bulbs as something so simple can be a fail.

omicron · Post by **omicron** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:58 pm

As long as the silvatecs show up orange, it's not a problem.

The back lights one depends. Have you got no fogs, or no reversing lights?

If it's no reversing lights, it's not a problem as they're not a test item.. Though you need to take the bulb out of the fog that's actually a reversing light. If that makes sense.

You do, however, legally need to have a foglamp either in the centre of the car or on the offside. Whether you could get away with putting a bright red bulb behind the now clear lens is a debatable. We've been discussing doing this on my mate's imported FTO, to get rid of the butt ugly foglamp that's been cut into the bumper.

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:41 pm

cheers chaps,
was changing over my rear lights and my brake light blew so luckily that was spotted.
Should pass with flying colours now...
The only thing is for the next 24 hours the back of my car will look But ugly...hate the standard rears

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:36 pm

damn thing failed....

Aparently front nearside brakes were "juddering"...

Changed discs and pads so hopefully all is good for the re-test.

vdubyabush · Post by **vdubyabush** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:41 pm

gud luck with the re test

PeteJ · Post by **PeteJ** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:55 pm

sure you dont want my old mate to sort it out?
have no idea what was going wrong,something was rusting through. so being the fool he was, he chopped down an old bucket, fitted it over the area, blobbed on silicon sealant to look like welds, dusted over it with a undercoat (waxoyl stylee) put it in for retest and it passed.
doesnt say much for MOT testing :S
made me giggle though

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 7:48 pm

Ahhh fooooook sake...

No juddering but I have a new problem....

Theres an inbalance... the right side is breaking more than the left and the brake petal is too low to the floor....spongey brakes...damn

Re-re-test tomorrow if i can get it fixed....

Jeez... I had a bad feeling but wasnt prepared for all this bu!!sh!t...

The propblemo is my road tax runs out end of the month so I need it sorted pronto....

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:16 pm

AHH 3rd time lucky....went back to the garage who made the brakes harder/stiffer then to the mot people who kindly passed me 3rd time without a fee.... sorry im having a bit of a one way conversation here lol

tupac2makaveli71 · Post by **tupac2makaveli71** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:32 pm

lol, next time pm me

a small garage down here passes cars for LITTLE things, eg no side indicators on arches! for like Â£10 extra, but dont come with a car with rust wholes at it will fail lol