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[Omega_Dan]

Just back from the MOT and the news is not good

Too sum up its just the rear brake pipes but this is how it reads


001 Nearside rear brake pipe excessively corroded

002 offside rear brake pipe excessively corroded

003 nearside (front to rear) brake house ferrule excessively corroded

004 offside (front to rear) brake ferrule excessively corroded

005 nearside rear brake hose ferrule excessively corroded

006 offside rear brake hose ferrule excessively corroded

007 Nearside rear braking system leaking (BURST ON TEST)

008 Nearside rear brake performance not tested due to leak

Nearside rear rubber mount missing exhaust system not adequately supported.


It looks bad but its just the leak and brake pipes. still gutted though. Cant drive it because it sprung a leak whilst on test

[henryd]

hard luck mate,looks worse than it is on paper though,good luck with the repairs

[Jimbob]

Not what you need with your impending arrival, but as you say, a lot of detail for 1 problem (exhaust a non-issue, just a new rubber needed)

[aaronjb]

Cant drive it because it sprung a leak whilst on test

Look at it this way - at least it sprung a leak on the test, rather than with your impending arrival in it!

[Omega_Dan]

Cant drive it because it sprung a leak whilst on test

Look at it this way - at least it sprung a leak on the test, rather than with your impending arrival in it!

or worst still just using it normaly. will get it done over the new few days and re book it in next week. The MOT tester said apart from that everything was in good order.

[djac]

Welcome to the club, mate!

When I put mine in for the test I was quietly confident, but thinking that, if it was going to fail on anything, it might be the front brake discs, as I know they are worn (will be replacing them in the new year).

So I was quite surprised, and not in a nice way, when I was told it was the rear springs and the steering idler!

[Debs.]

Blinkin` road salt!

What an absolute blessing that the burst happened on the rollers not in traffic!

Rigid pipes are easy and cheap enough to measure/duplicate and have flared at a local motor factors and how about an OOF forum breaker`s car for the hose and exhaust hanger?

  Keep your chin up Dan......not a 'money-pit' type issue; you`ll soon be back on the road.

[Omega_Dan]

Cheers deb! its not too expensive to get sorted thankfully

[Dishevelled Den]

It's good news that such a problem was spotted Dan.

Hope the fix is uneventful.

[omegod]

It may be worth you having a look at the pipes as often it is surface corrosion which you can clean up with a wire brush then coat with grease/underseal, testers aren't allowed to give them a rub to see,if there is corrosion-they fail ,mine failed on this and after doing the above it passed the last 3 times. Obviously if completely shot renew them!!

[Welung666]

Dan, I can whip all those pipes off the MV6 I'm breaking and send them up to you, I'll even sling you a zorst rubber in with them

[Lazydocker]

Dan, I can whip all those pipes off the MV6 I'm breaking and send them up to you, I'll even sling you a zorst rubber in with them

May have trouble getting them off and into the post though Lee... Funny shapes and all that.

I bought a pipe flaring kit a few years back when SWMBO's car failed on a brake pipe for about £20 or so and just knock up a new pipe when needed. The other advantage is that copper is more flexible so easy to work with

[Welung666]

I make my own too but I use Kunifer brake pipes as copper are prone to allowing moisture into the system. I learnt that a long time ago when re-piping my 54 Morris Minor

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=kunifer+brake+pipe

[Lazydocker]

I make my own too but I use Kunifer brake pipes as copper are prone to allowing moisture into the system. I learnt that a long time ago when re-piping my 54 Morris Minor

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=kunifer+brake+pipe

Hmm... That rings a bell

[tony2]

hi dan282 so sorry to see you had a failure today . i am so glad that it happend on the brake tester and not on the road  :-?   at least i am not replying to something that could have been a lot worse ie serious accident :'(good luck with repai tony