[Roddy]

Booked MOT for Camper on Monday. No idea what will happen. MOT last November. I drove it from Edinburgh in January and it hasn't been out of the garden since. I had better run it around the streets, just to clear the rust from the discs and drums. It might surprise me either way round. At 26 years old, anything could happen.

 

[Pat]

Wishing you all the very best

 

[Kev5]

Good luck, Rodders :thumbsup:

 

[Qu1ckn1ck]

Good luck Roddy !

 

[Bradders]

Good luck.

I'd drive the long way to the MOT garage and give it an Italian tune up along the way so the engine is nice and warm by the time you get there.

 

[Roddy]

Good luck.

I'd drive the long way to the MOT garage and give it an Italian tune up along the way so the engine is nice and warm by the time you get there.

hahaha, Italian Service? I have a sticker on the back that says 0-60 eventually!

 

[Bradders]

I saw a VW Camper in Sainburys this morning with a stick in the back window, "Don't laugh, your daughter may be inside".........

 

[Roddy]

I saw a VW Camper in Sainburys this morning with a stick in the back window, "Don't laugh, your daughter may be inside".........

A lot of Renaulst have NOT VW on the back. I want one that says Sorry for driving so close in front of you!

 

[Steveti]

Best of luck for Monday Roddy, fingers crossed.

 

[Garffey]

^^^^wot he said!... :nod: :thumbsup:

 

[Roddy]

There are two chances. Either a ticket, or a repair list. It needs getting on with before the weather properly changes.

 

[steveh]

What you don't want or indeed any of us a fail classed as 'dangerous' as then I believe you can't drive the vehicle away for repair, it then needs to be transported or repaired at the test centre. Good luck.

 

[Roddy]

What you don't want or indeed any of us a fail classed as 'dangerous' as then I believe you can't drive the vehicle away for repair, it then needs to be transported or repaired at the test centre. Good luck.

I certainly don't think there is anything like that with it.

 

[Kev5]

What you don't want or indeed any of us a fail classed as 'dangerous' as then I believe you can't drive the vehicle away for repair, it then needs to be transported or repaired at the test centre. Good luck.

I certainly don't think there is anything like that with it.

When I was an MOT Nominated Tester (Class IV, V & VII) in a past life, I had a very clean and tidy Devon Highways IVECO pickup truck in for test. The vehicle was only 4 or 5 years old and was very well presented. I got underneath in the pit to check out the brake pipes under pressure...calling out to my assistant, "footbrake on!" ... then POP!! ... one of the steel brake lines burst under pressure and squirted neat brake fluid under pressure straight into my right eye!!

I was attended to by the garage foreman who flushed my eye with Optrex for an extended period.

My eye survived this attack, but the otherwise tidy vehicle was condemned to immediate repair at our workshop. Turned out that the entire brake pipe system needed replacing. Why on earth do motor manufacturers still make vulnerable brake lines from highly corrosion-prone steel?

 

[Terriea]

I may have told this story before, but that reminds me of when I had my first car - a 1974 Marina coupé ????.
I knew those horrible front dampers (which should have stayed on a Morris Minor where they belonged) were leaking, so when MoT day arrived I found a puddle to drive through on the way to the garage to get them all nice and wet to make it hard to see the leaks. The first thing the tester said was "Oh, I see you managed to find a puddle to go through", on a bright sunny day, not a cloud in the sky..!
I hope the camper passed.

 

[Pat]

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Just for you Roddy

 

[Wrangler]

Good luck.

I'd drive the long way to the MOT garage and give it an Italian tune up along the way so the engine is nice and warm by the time you get there.

hahaha, Italian Service? I have a sticker on the back that says 0-60 eventually!

Have a sticker on the Land Rover that says 0 to 60 same day.

 

[Roddy]

Unsurprisingly, it has failed, but I am delighted about it. If anybody cares to check MOT history (K654 DNT) you will understand why. I am confident too that it was a thorought job and not a quick skimpy one to be kind to the old bus

Neither brake light working. Now that is a surprise to me.

One side light not working. Another surprise.

Welding needed to the ends of two outriggers. These were passed last year as being not MOTable????

Emissions high. It hasn't been driven since last January, and barely done 300 miles since last test.

So all in all, I am delighted. The bill will be more than acceptable. Hope I can find out why the brake lights are not working. I am guessing the switch if they are both out.

Back on Wednesday for the welding.

 

[Roddy]

Sidelight replaced and working. Bulb was blown.

Now to tackle the brake lights. Will test and spray switch and fuse first. To get at the bulbs, the lenses have to come off and they are very brittle with age. Here's hoping!

 

[Kev5]

Sidelight replaced and working. Bulb was blown.

Now to tackle the brake lights. Will test and spray switch and fuse first. To get at the bulbs, the lenses have to come off and they are very brittle with age. Here's hoping!

Mornin' Rodders - top tip from Kev - old plastic lenses do become brittle with age, but they're a lot worse in cold weather. If you can get a hair drier or warm-air gun on them for a while, just to warm them (not hot) they might survive being removed without breaking. The screws will inevitably be rusty too, which doesn't help. Gently does it. Good luck! :thumbsup: