deltacharlie26

deltacharlie26

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Is this normal?

Informed DVLA of a engine swap done by previous owner to update the V5, now they want me to have it inspected and a report written by the AA or RAC to state it has been done correctly! I said I wasn't a member of either orgnisations and they then said it would be ok for a Garage to write the report on letter headed notepaper, VAT registered etc. It has already had qty 2 x MOT's since the swap so I can't understand why it is needed.

Any one else had to jump through these hoops? I also notified them of a colour change but they didn't want an opticians report to confirm the colour, thank goodness - but who knows....

Dennis
 
yeah this is very normal. most garages are happy to do it as long as its not been bodged in.
 
Thanks for that reassurance - thought they didn't like me! Just a 19J change to a 200TDI nothing special, been MOT'd and serviced by two garages with no comments from any of them.

I have changed engines in the past - many years ago - no one bothered then. This is where our road tax goes to I suppose....
Dennis
 
Not necessarily a bad idea to make sure someone has secured the mountings with bungy straps
 
I never told them I changed mine!
Only ones that matter are insurance company.
 
Bungey straps? HaHa.

They used tie-wraps, do you think I'll get away with it? No wonder it vibrates - got a part no for the bungey strap, presume Brit*art sell them.

Insurance co is aware, just wanted to comply - more fool me.
 
Just make up a bloody fictitious garage and stick your mobile number on it ....print it off and fill in the blanks and send it off ...job done .

Sod having a garage look at it and charging for the privilege ....Bloody DVLA don't know their arses from their elbows anyway .
 
When I did my conversion I rang the DVLA to ask what I needed to do and they said that if the engine was the same size and fuel type then all I had to do was to fill in the new engine number in the v5 and send it in, which I did. They weren't bothered about anything else.

So if in this case the OP has had to get an inspection of the work done on the same size engine then I must have the same thing coming my way sometime too.
 
I believe they used to call it an engineers report. I had one done on a good few years back, iirc it was charged an hours labour at the garage.
 
Got asked for an engineers report on some mods i made to a non land rover 4x4. - nothing about a garage was mentioned.

So i Wrote down what i did and signed it off my name + beng(hons) mechanical engineering.

To my surprise It was never questioned :) - i do actually have that degree though.
 
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