Blobthebuilder
Active Member
You mean the up to date part?
You mean the up to date part?
No i mean that someone who has been doing MOTs for 37 years has never tested a perminent four wheel drive vehicle before. Possible I suppose but highly unlikely. He obviously should not be testing vehicles.
Blobthebuilder
Active Member
Well this garage marked it as a fail (major defect) exhaust insecure I phoned he says its just a bracket at front, he hoping he can get ramp in next hour or so and if so 5 mins and its fixed he says and an easy not, government website shows fail but says MOT still valid till 23rd November and I'm hoping its ready by 3 because I need to get kids, he says if I take it for half hour it won't worry him but he says police may have issue if caught but it hasn't failed on serious or dangerous and still shows as valid MOT, I don't mind that though yesterday garage never even mentioned hanger
Does not matter when old one runs out it has been tested and failed so is illegal to drive on road. Until it gets a pass.
Blobthebuilder
Active Member
I know but I don't mind I did know the hanger was broken few weeks ago but if I'm honest I forgot about it and if that's all then ....
flat
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my mot guy says that actually it’s seen as a suspicious if an old vehicle repeatedly passes the mots with no advisories or doesn’t now and again fail.
no idea if thats true, just something I was told!
Blobthebuilder
Active Member
Its passed now so I'm a happy fella, he said he was a really good car for age
Mine has passed the last 5 MOT's with no advisories. The guy who does my MOT praises me for obvious maintenance on it. It's what he likes to see
I've had advisories on my Jeep for worn pads and discs on 2 month old pads and discs, brake pipes covered in grease like material that they did and I have never been near!
the last 2 MOT's the brakes were checked 2019 with the tapley thing, didn't do the handbrake as the battery went flat! this year didn't even test them as road was dug up and he couldn't get out, just a visual inspection, and I'd spent a couple of hours making sure the handbrake actually worked!
the last 2 MOT's the brakes were checked 2019 with the tapley thing, didn't do the handbrake as the battery went flat! this year didn't even test them as road was dug up and he couldn't get out, just a visual inspection, and I'd spent a couple of hours making sure the handbrake actually worked!
Lucky bugre! I 've had cars fail on that and on the red of the brake light not being red enough even though the official number was on the lense!
That tester got sacked eventually!
norseman
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My Clasic & mot man share the same experience, mind you the car rarely covers more than 2k per annum & I can't claim the credit for servicing.
If he couldn't test the car, and it wasn't your fault then you shouldn't have had to pay for the test. The dickhead shouldn't have even taken the test on!
As for testing a transmission brake with a Tapley meter, this is perfectly OK and the tester should not do it at a stupid speed, something like 20 mph if i remember correctly, I'll see if I can find the link to the MOT testers' manual.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mot-ins...senger-and-light-commercial-vehicles/1-brakes
section 1.4.1
yes "applied progressively at 20 mph" with a decelerometer.
Three ways of testing these types of brakes.
Blokey should have read this!
All my discos get tested with a decelerometer. Never had a fail on them.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mot-ins...senger-and-light-commercial-vehicles/1-brakes
section 1.4.1
yes "applied progressively at 20 mph" with a decelerometer.
Three ways of testing these types of brakes.
Blokey should have read this!
All my discos get tested with a decelerometer. Never had a fail on them.
jamesmartin
Well-Known Member
cant see that been possible more likely a story
Quite likely yes, but a good one
frog hopper
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Yes you can, IF, you are on loose/slippery ground, the center diff lock needs to be OFF, and you take care to apply handbrake slowly.
This is a recognised dodge when trialling to get a tighter turn, I can turn my 90 through 180 deg in little more than the length of it. Just need to be gentle with it.
flat
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you are correct, i was more referring to the 'handbrake turn' the likes of which youths do in car parks - go fast and just yank it up - thats what i was meaning. Using it in trialling is a more specialist driving technique, from a driver who has a more advanced understanding of the vehicle and driving it in a varierty of situations if you see what i mean?
tomcat59alan
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My tester parks it on the incline at the exit of his garage after the test,if it holds it's passed.I've been using him for years from when I was in the trade so he knows I look after my car.
