MOT Failure!!!

[NorthernWave]

Nooooo!!!!

I put my 1966 Mk1 Morris Mini Cooper in for it's MOT this morning and it's failed!!!! Wanted it to drive to Cornwall for the bank holiday but not sure I have time to fix it!!???

Chris

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[tcm]

Dang! Perhaps you could tow it out to the A303 to that roundabout near Stonehenge where it was bound to blow up anyway?

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[NorthernWave]

Glad it's a mini as it is cheap to fix, just need the time to do it!!!!

Chris

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[DepSol]

What did it fail on?

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2003 is going to be a good year for me

 

[NorthernWave]

rear brake cylinders seized
rusty brake pipe o/s
n/s outer cv boot
n/s radius arm
o/s disc warped
small hole on sill (look like jack might have done it?)
o/s wiper (brand new!!)

Not bad for a car thats been standing for 3 years!!

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[mtb]

You mean you drove it like that !!! still at least you now know the butchers bill, bet the welding ends up with a new inner and outer sill and the the wheel arch plus floor pan .

Cheers
Mick

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[Nick2]

Chris you need one of them new fangled BMW things.......

Nick

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[tcm]

I understand that it is legal to drive a car on the road with no MOT provided you are on your way to an MOT test, so all that's needed is to book it in to a test in Cornwall. It'll probably pass down there too.

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[NorthernWave]

Nick2: I won't start!!!! (don't have time for all the recalls!!)

Thats a good idea, book it in in cornwall, if it doesn't pass book it in at home again!!
Anyone know of any garages open on the bank holiday in Cornwall?

Had a quote to fix it for me (would usually do it myself but busy) £200

Chris



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[tr7v8]

£ 200 sounds a relative bargain, rear wheel cylinders are a pain on Minis and getting the air out afterwards tries the patience of a saint and with a new brake pipe.
Rest of it is relatively trivial in terms of parts price but labour would soon mount up 'cos they're so fiddly to work on..

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Draco 2500

 

[duncan]

last time I had a mini fail it was because when he stepped on the brake hard the rear pipes actually split!
Boy was I glad it happened on the rolling road.....only time I have ever been glad to fail an MOT

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[ballena]

VW Golf\'s are great!!

Took SWMBO's 15 year old Golf GTI for MOT on Saturday, Passed, all that was needed was a 10p spring for the bonnet catch.

Probably about time I changed the oil, Havn't done it for a year

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[toad]

Its got to be the nearest MOT station and must be prebooked.Get a exchange radius arm as often the hole is worn and will not take the new bearing.

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[Duster]

Looking at our local paper , the fine for no MOT seems to be less than the the test fee, let alone the average garage bill!!
Regards mikej

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