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[omega3000]

How many of you check everything and get your car ready for the dreaded MOT  Ive been running through the advisories on the last one and making sure its all done  Just 2 more jobs to do before the dreaded due date 

[0795omega]

i just take mine in gritting my teeth!!

[Del Boy]

Always just run a car in .

[albitz]

My only advisory last time was handbrake.Im going to have to bite the bullet and do something about it before September.
I suspect it will also need wishbones,or at least front bushes.MOT man is an extremely good mechanic,so I will ask him to have a good look at front/rear bushes and balljoints,and then decide whether to replace the wishbones or just replace the front bushes with polybushes.

[tigers_gonads]

Basic checks a few weeks before you take it.
Tyres / brakes / brake pipes (quick rub down and spray / coat in white / copper grease)
Wire brush the edges of the brake discs.
If your spare is dodgy, remove before you mot the car 

[omega3000]

Basic checks a few weeks before you take it.
Tyres / brakes / brake pipes (quick rub down and spray / coat in white / copper grease)
Wire brush the edges of the brake discs.
If your spare is dodgy, remove before you mot the car 

 

Ive the brake pipes to do but only thing thats worrying me is the wishbones  Just an advisory on one pin joint last year and anti roll bar bushes worn but i got those on order 

[Crazycarzowner]

On the Misses Focus last year, one of the advisories was slight corrosion on the brake pipes. So when I got it back I rubbed them & greased them all, was only a little surface rust. So before this one I had a cursory look and just re-greased them, now the advisory is ' Grease on the brake lines' 

[kevinp58]

Basic checks a few weeks before you take it.
Tyres / brakes / brake pipes (quick rub down and spray / coat in white / copper grease)
Wire brush the edges of the brake discs.
If your spare is dodgy, remove before you mot the car 

Don't think it is covered.    but you will get 3 points from your friendly constable. 

[symes]

Basic checks a few weeks before you take it.
Tyres / brakes / brake pipes (quick rub down and spray / coat in white / copper grease)
Wire brush the edges of the brake discs.
If your spare is dodgy, remove before you mot the car 

carry can of tyreweld and compressor











Don't think it is covered.    but you will get 3 points from your friendly constable. 

[tigers_gonads]

Basic checks a few weeks before you take it.
Tyres / brakes / brake pipes (quick rub down and spray / coat in white / copper grease)
Wire brush the edges of the brake discs.
If your spare is dodgy, remove before you mot the car 

carry can of tyreweld and compressor











Don't think it is covered.    but you will get 3 points from your friendly constable. 

If you have a spare tyre in the car, it must be road legal 

[kevinp58]

Basic checks a few weeks before you take it.
Tyres / brakes / brake pipes (quick rub down and spray / coat in white / copper grease)
Wire brush the edges of the brake discs.
If your spare is dodgy, remove before you mot the car 

carry can of tyreweld and compressor











Don't think it is covered.    but you will get 3 points from your friendly constable. 

If you have a spare tyre in the car, it must be road legal 

Yes but for some strange reason its not covered by the M.O.T    but you will get points for below wear limits. 

[al brown]

Have been overseas for a bit and had my mig stood up while I was away. I always check before I take it and finish last years advisories if needed. So far this year I have found 2 rear brake pipes corroded, rear doughnut bushes split, both wheel arches finally rusted through, both sills holed, rear seam rusted through in places, rear s/l shock leaking(air), hand brake poor. The part of me that has to fix it wants to scrap her, the part of me that drives her will want to keep her.

[omega3000]

Well at least the list gets shorter 

2 wishbones
Cam belt kit
Head gasket + valve stem seals + water pump
General greasing up underneath

 

At least when its all done i can sit back in agony and be sure nothing else needs doing   

[henryd]

Basic checks a few weeks before you take it.
Tyres / brakes / brake pipes (quick rub down and spray / coat in white / copper grease)
Wire brush the edges of the brake discs.
If your spare is dodgy, remove before you mot the car 

carry can of tyreweld and compressor











Don't think it is covered.    but you will get 3 points from your friendly constable. 

If you have a spare tyre in the car, it must be road legal 

Yes but for some strange reason its not covered by the M.O.T    but you will get points for below wear limits. 

Only if fitted to the vehicle,Mr Plod can't do anything while its in the boot,its not covered in the mot and doesn't even need to be be present at time of test

[jonny2112]

Still can't get my head round 'advisories' - I think it's probably good and bad