Fingers crossed

[tallbloke]

Wish me luck everyone, the wedge goes for it's MOT tomorrow.

Spent this afternoon tightening up mirror clamps, scraping bulb contacts, oiling bonnet catch cable and generally sprucing up the old Tasmin 350i. I *think* it'll pass....

Update tomorrow evening

[terence]

Good luck. Mine went straight through back in May. Well chuffed I was.

[york33]

Good luck

[madkiwi]

Hope it goes through as smooth as all those newly oiled bits
Mine still has a ways to go
:SunnyWeatherNoWedgeCantWait:

[stainless_steve]

Hope all goes well

[tallbloke]

stainless_steve said:

Hope all goes well

Thanks Steve and everyone else, is a great stress reliever!

Well, can't think of anything that they might fail it on, so I'm going to try and sleep ;-)

See you all tomorrow.

[tallbloke]

One of the MOT stations staff has thrown a sicky, so it's off 'til tomorrow

Guess I'll recolour the rag top while I'm waiting

[jmorgan]

Good luck. Once one year off the road and a brief check up and it passed.
This may help
www.ukmot.com/manual/1-1.htm

Don't know how up to date it is so usual disclaimer.

[tallbloke]

jmorgan said:

Good luck. Once one year off the road and a brief check up and it passed. This may help www.ukmot.com/manual/1-1.htm Don't know how up to date it is so usual disclaimer.

Well mine's been off the road a fair bit longer. It's a long story best told over a or two...

Excellent link, thanks

[tallbloke]

And it failed. insufficient effort on nearside handbrake caliper.



Quickly back to Lessian motors, on the lift, ah yes too much play in the arm allowing it to foul the diff housing.

Quick tweak and back round to the MOT station and onto the rolling road to await the testers return from lunch.

PASSED!!!!

[jmorgan]

Well done. My last escapade cost a fair few shillings due to the rust monster.

[wedg1e]

You need an, er... 'understanding' tester like the geezer I know:-

Bit of play in handbrake? That's character, that is.
Blowing exhaust? Sounds fruity, doesn't she...
Emissions? Ah, no: kit cars are exempt (who am I to tell him TVRs aren't kit cars... )
Rust? Not planning to sell, are we? Good. Well as long as it's gone by next year...
I know you classic car lads; you like things to be right, so I know if there's anything wrong, you'll soon sort it.

No worries John: call it a fiver more than the list price, shall we...

Top bloke.

Ian

[dickymint]

wedg1e said:

You need an, er... 'understanding' tester like the geezer I know:- Bit of play in handbrake? That's character, that is. Blowing exhaust? Sounds fruity, doesn't she... Emissions? Ah, no: kit cars are exempt (who am I to tell him TVRs aren't kit cars... ) Rust? Not planning to sell, are we? Good. Well as long as it's gone by next year... I know you classic car lads; you like things to be right, so I know if there's anything wrong, you'll soon sort it. No worries John: call it a fiver more than the list price, shall we... Top bloke. Ian

Same here. Because my tester knows that if he fails the handbrake he has to fix it!!!!!

[tallbloke]

jmorgan said:

Well done. My last escapade cost a fair few shillings due to the rust monster.

I seem to be blessed with an early grey coated chassis which hasn't corroded. There are a couple of bare bits where extra tags to support the stainless exhaust have been welded on I need to attend to though, so thanks for the heads up

[york33]

conga rats to you

[my 350i]

dickymint said:

wedg1e said: You need an, er... 'understanding' tester like the geezer I know:- Bit of play in handbrake? That's character, that is. Blowing exhaust? Sounds fruity, doesn't she... Emissions? Ah, no: kit cars are exempt (who am I to tell him TVRs aren't kit cars... ) Rust? Not planning to sell, are we? Good. Well as long as it's gone by next year... I know you classic car lads; you like things to be right, so I know if there's anything wrong, you'll soon sort it. No worries John: call it a fiver more than the list price, shall we... Top bloke. Ian Same here. Because my tester knows that if he fails the handbrake he has to fix it!!!!!

Even easier than that is when you are your own tester, if I fail it then I have to fix it. Thankfully it is never failed yet

[streaky]

wedg1e said:

You need an, er... 'understanding' tester like the geezer I know:- Emissions? Ah, no: kit cars are exempt (who am I to tell him TVRs aren't kit cars.

Last MOT, the tester applied the limits for newer vehicles ... still passed after a little tweak - Streaky