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MOT findings today!

dirtydirtyharry

dirtydirtyharry

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Hi,

I have been dreading today since I bought the car nearly a year ago - its first MOT (in my ownership)

Anyway, it failed initially on:

1) Nearside front tyre not fitted in accordance with side wall instructions (Tyre fitted wrong way round)
2) Offside rear tyre not fitted in accordance with side wall instructions (Tyre fitted wrong way round)
3) Rear passenger seatbelt broken.

It cost me £20 to get the tyres removed and fitted the other way round and the garage charged us a tenner to remove the rear seat belt. All in all it cost me £65. Well pleased given that its a 24 year old car. A bit narked re the tyres as the company who refurbed them should have done this right imo.

There were a few advisories:

4) Offside rear brake pipe slightly corroded
5) Front to rear brake pipe slightly corroded
6) Offside (damper) Bonnet retaining device slightly deteriorated (surprised this is looked at during an MOT to be honest)
7) Battery Insecure

On the subject of the advisories how easy would it be for a novice like me to fix the corroded brake pipes?

Oh and the battery is in the boot but it just sites on the little shelf thing at the rear passenger side. How do most peoples 'secure'?

Anyway, im absolutely chuffed to bits. A great day. [:D][:D][:D]

 
Anyway, im absolutely chuffed to bits. A great day.
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Result!

Mine went in today, RPM do the service and get an MOT for me. It's always tempting to think the worst is likely but they are incredibly reliable cars. I guess we only tend to get the negatives on the forums, which does tend to make us think the cars are all falling to pieces.
 
Well done mate I am chuffed to bits for you and the car. I don't know why we all worry about MOTs on our cars. We all know every inch of them so it should come as no surprise when they do pass. My battery just sits in the recess in the boot without anything to secure it. My last MOT didn't say anything about it. Slightly corroded brtake lines doesn't necessarily mean requires replacing. You could just de-rust them and apply some protection. If you really want to do them it's not too difficult. You just need a proper flaring tool for the ends and plenty of patience. Bonnet struts are an absolute doddle to replace. I suppose the MOT tester may be worried that the bonnet may drop on yours or somebody elses head. It's a fair one I suppose many inspectors wouldn't have even picked it up. That along with the tyres makes it sound to me that they did a very thorough inspection. You should be confident that the old girl is in tip top nick if they were the only advisories you got mate. Well done again [:)][:)][:)][:)][:)]
 

With regards to the battery, mine has plates that fit over the little step at each end of the battery and screw into the battery tray, holding it in place.

Howard
 
Congrats on the car passing, and on very little! only one thing that was down to the car, and that was just the seatbelt which is an easy fix and not strucutral.

As for the brake pipes it depends how much work you do to your car anyway, I do as much as I can to my own cars, and 4 years ago having never done brake pipes on car I did the whole of the 924 I had at the time in a weekend.
That was every pipe replaced from to back with kunifer and the whole system bled, as it happens as part of the job pads, shoes and cylinders were done on that '24 stopped on a 6 pence afterwards, and with a one man bleeding kit I didn't even need any help.

Advantage is that kunifer is very maliable and you can bend it to shape by hand, I spent £10 on a brake pipe flaring kit and bought a gallon of fluid, this could be an ideal time to replace your brake fluid.
Pipe and ends are dirt cheap from you local factors [;)]
 

ORIGINAL: Alpine

ddi you fix the the water leak?
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Seems to have been fixed although I wont know for certain until the next bout of heavy rain. The leak was happening from 3 places. Sunroof seal (now replaced and fixed), a slight gap between two panels near the bonnet release lever (filled) and the windscreen seems to have a slight leak on the upper passenger side. I 'think' i have fixed this but will have to wait and see!

I did manage to retrim the ceiling of the car with black vinyl. Ive left some of the edges loose to allow for it to stretch over time before i trim it fully after it has 'settled' but all in all she is looking great again.
 
Already been said but I'll repeat it [:D]

Bonnet struts are so is still silly. I replaced mine earlier in the year I think it was, about 10mins total.

My battery is secured the same as everyone else, a little plate holds one end down, then other end tucks into a little recess. Not vital I guess, just zip tie it?

Brake lines are also easy, I've had warnings on my brake lines on my Astra for 3 or 4 years. First time I got the warning I jacked it up and coated all the rusty bits in grease, it doesn't seem to have got any worse!
Replacing brake lines is surprisingly easy too. You can buy all the bits you need off ebay for about £30/£40 - pipe bender, flaring tool, pipe cutter, fittings and pipe! I did a few practice pipes to get used to it but to be honest the hardest part is bending it into the correct shape!
Then you'l also obviously need brake fluid and either a 2nd person to pump the brakes or a bleeder.
I always say get yourself a good brake spanner like here. You can zoom in there and can see it wraps round the bleed nipple and will help you to not round them off.
 

ORIGINAL: Alexw

Already been said but I'll repeat it [:D]

Bonnet struts are so is still silly.  I replaced mine earlier in the year I think it was, about 10mins total.

My battery is secured the same as everyone else, a little plate holds one end down, then other end tucks into a little recess.  Not vital I guess, just zip tie it?

Brake lines are also easy, I've had warnings on my brake lines on my Astra for 3 or 4 years. First time I got the warning I jacked it up and coated all the rusty bits in grease, it doesn't seem to have got any worse! 
Replacing brake lines is surprisingly easy too.  You can buy all the bits you need off ebay for about £30/£40 - pipe bender, flaring tool, pipe cutter, fittings and pipe!  I did a few practice pipes to get used to it but to be honest the hardest part is bending it into the correct shape! 
Then you'l also obviously need brake fluid and either a 2nd person to pump the brakes or a bleeder.
I always say get yourself a good brake spanner like here.   You can zoom in there and can see it wraps round the bleed nipple and will help you to not round them off.
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Cheers for the tips mate.

As always thanks to everyone for the advice. I MAY give the brake lines a go. Still sound s bit out of my depth to be honest [:D]
 
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