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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #9780 on: 20 March 2015, 18:51:37 »
It was MoT day for the Elite and after putting 4 new tyres on and checking all the brakes and lights, the very nice man(not) at the MoT test station failed it on O/S front wheel bearing rough when rotated !! Also 2 advisory items

1 front brake pads wearing thin ( 5 mm left on all pads, new ones are 11 mm thick) ? So just under 50% worn !!!!
2 front to rear brake pipes greased ( I know I did it yesterday)

Went home to check bearing which when disc removed runs as smooth as you like.

New bearing on its way for the morning, I'm also fitting new discs and pads as I have a set here. The old discs still have 1.6 mm to go to minimum thickness of 25 mm.

After car passes tomorrow afternoon I think I may be having a word with the very nice man who does MoT.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #9781 on: 20 March 2015, 18:54:26 »
Bet he says summat about not having the benefit of removing pads to check them... surprised he didn't say anything about the sill covers while he was at it ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #9782 on: 20 March 2015, 18:58:26 »
Quote from: Taxi Al on 20 March 2015, 18:54:26
Bet he says summat about not having the benefit of removing pads to check them... surprised he didn't say anything about the sill covers while he was at it ;D

Think I've had that before about sill covers. :y
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #9783 on: 20 March 2015, 18:59:01 »
When you know that the advisories are an arse covering exercise, you simply ignore them.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #9784 on: 20 March 2015, 18:59:18 »
Quote from: joff on 20 March 2015, 18:51:37
It was MoT day for the Elite and after putting 4 new tyres on and checking all the brakes and lights, the very nice man(not) at the MoT test station failed it on O/S front wheel bearing rough when rotated !! Also 2 advisory items

1 front brake pads wearing thin ( 5 mm left on all pads, new ones are 11 mm thick) ? So just under 50% worn !!!!
Went home to check bearing which when disc removed runs as smooth as you like.

New bearing on its way for the morning, I'm also fitting new discs and pads as I have a set here. The old discs 2 front to rear brake pipes greased ( I know I did it yesterday)

still have 1.6 mm to go to minimum thickness of 25 mm.

After car passes tomorrow afternoon I think I may be having a word with the very nice man who does MoT.


 :o  I've been emptying half of can of white grease on mine every year before MOT time and never been picked up  ::)
Sounds a little over keen to me
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #9785 on: 20 March 2015, 19:13:27 »
Quote from: tigers_gonads on 20 March 2015, 18:59:18
Quote from: joff on 20 March 2015, 18:51:37
It was MoT day for the Elite and after putting 4 new tyres on and checking all the brakes and lights, the very nice man(not) at the MoT test station failed it on O/S front wheel bearing rough when rotated !! Also 2 advisory items

1 front brake pads wearing thin ( 5 mm left on all pads, new ones are 11 mm thick) ? So just under 50% worn !!!!
Went home to check bearing which when disc removed runs as smooth as you like.

New bearing on its way for the morning, I'm also fitting new discs and pads as I have a set here. The old discs 2 front to rear brake pipes greased ( I know I did it yesterday)

still have 1.6 mm to go to minimum thickness of 25 mm.

After car passes tomorrow afternoon I think I may be having a word with the very nice man who does MoT.


 :o  I've been emptying half of can of white grease on mine every year before MOT time and never been picked up  ::)
Sounds a little over keen to me

I don't mind a little over keen if it's something I have missed, but I have been an engineer for many years now and it gets to me when items are picked up so the garage thinks they are going to make a few quid when it's not needed.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #9786 on: 21 March 2015, 15:13:41 »
Quote from: joff on 20 March 2015, 19:13:27
Quote from: tigers_gonads on 20 March 2015, 18:59:18
Quote from: joff on 20 March 2015, 18:51:37
It was MoT day for the Elite and after putting 4 new tyres on and checking all the brakes and lights, the very nice man(not) at the MoT test station failed it on O/S front wheel bearing rough when rotated !! Also 2 advisory items

1 front brake pads wearing thin ( 5 mm left on all pads, new ones are 11 mm thick) ? So just under 50% worn !!!!
Went home to check bearing which when disc removed runs as smooth as you like.

New bearing on its way for the morning, I'm also fitting new discs and pads as I have a set here. The old discs 2 front to rear brake pipes greased ( I know I did it yesterday)

still have 1.6 mm to go to minimum thickness of 25 mm.

After car passes tomorrow afternoon I think I may be having a word with the very nice man who does MoT.


 :o  I've been emptying half of can of white grease on mine every year before MOT time and never been picked up  ::)
Sounds a little over keen to me

I don't mind a little over keen if it's something I have missed, but I have been an engineer for many years now and it gets to me when items are picked up so the garage thinks they are going to make a few quid when it's not needed.

New MoT with no advisory's  :y today
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #9787 on: 21 March 2015, 16:30:09 »
Took all the gearbox connectors off and cleaned them , noticed a chafed abs wire to the front sensor  ::) Got too cold , locked it kicked it  :(
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #9788 on: 21 March 2015, 20:43:16 »
Drove it up and down some hills, and around some puddles...
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #9789 on: 22 March 2015, 18:07:02 »
Dash out , replace 5 blown bulbs and a bit of soldering on the circuit board .. downside the air bag bulb was permanently on  ::) Fixed that , just a loose wire  :)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #9790 on: 23 March 2015, 07:22:13 »
Got pissed off coz Iv convinced myself that one of the HG's needs replaceing....

Going to have to get them done before dragging the caravan down to Billing in July....
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #9791 on: 23 March 2015, 07:34:42 »
Left it at home to join the faceless hoard...
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #9792 on: 23 March 2015, 14:51:09 »
Quote from: minifreek on 23 March 2015, 07:22:13
Got pissed off coz Iv convinced myself that one of the HG's needs replaceing....

Going to have to get them done before dragging the caravan down to Billing in July....

My caravan needs dragging out to fix in some beds and interior walls   :-[
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #9793 on: 23 March 2015, 18:41:57 »
Drove it to some Heritage Line. Chose To get on one with a steam loco over the diesel ones in order to make MDTM stomp his feet ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #9794 on: 23 March 2015, 21:35:10 »
As usual and as part of the faceless hoard drove it to London 45 miles and then back 45 miles and didn't spot another friggin Mig.

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