Well that was a turn up for the books. I thought the disco was going to make it through the mot with only a fail on my leaking oil seal and a possible crack on the rear leg. The test was abandoned as the car was so badly rotten underneath that the inspector was worried that the tank may fall off and that occupants were in real risk of injury if the car was involved in a crash. He advised me to sell the car for parts and not to try and bodge it and try to squeeze in through an mot. I was somewhat suprised by this as the car has passed two mots with only minor welding needed. My previous mot place was suprised but could not comment as they could not get the car up on the ramps at the time.
I took it to a landrover specialist who had worked on the car previously and had tested the car chassis with a large hammer not the tiny one that the mot inspectors use and then stabbed it all along the chassis with a screwdriver. He had to really go at it to perforate a small area on the rear leg but said that it would be a tank out job and plating. His overall thought was the car was solid and not scrap at all. Makes you wonder.
I took it to a landrover specialist who had worked on the car previously and had tested the car chassis with a large hammer not the tiny one that the mot inspectors use and then stabbed it all along the chassis with a screwdriver. He had to really go at it to perforate a small area on the rear leg but said that it would be a tank out job and plating. His overall thought was the car was solid and not scrap at all. Makes you wonder.
