Place Your Bets Now! Its Mot Time

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

just dropped the GT off for the MOT later today, anybody care to place a bet on what it will fail on?

(and Ive taken the wide steelies off, and put the normal wheels back on!)

 

best guess wins a box of cabbage (collection only please)

[Richie 32]

I think it will fail on "horn too quiet".

[jonXS 30 1 Cars]

headlight adjustor beam inaccurate

OR seat mount unsrcure

 

best of luck anyways

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

i think it will faill on 'jealous mot bloke got it in for 205's still on the road so will fail it on simplest thing thats a pain in the arse to swap' lol

 

I think it will fail on "horn too quiet".

 

Funny you said that mine was so quiet when i got it i couldve popped the window down and gave it some verbal louder is that a common thing?

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

headlight adjustor beam inaccurate

 

Thats one thing I forgot to check actually! Bugger!

[jonXS 30 1 Cars]

lol i had it a few times with mine, aswell as suspension not travelling freely enough

 

lol i had it a few times with mine, aswell as suspension not travelling freely enough

 

lol i had it a few times with mine, aswell as suspension not travelling freely enough

[SurGie 54]

It depends on where you decided to take it for its mot though ?

 

1) Brakes N pipes

2) Handbrake

3) Emissions like what mine always seems to fail on

4) Rust

[Anulfo 22]

Will it pass?More chance of Wolves staying in the premier league!!!!..........

[Carbs4me 45]

i reckon it will be a trackrod end or a bush on the wishbone.

 

Put it this way just hope your axle aint dead like mine was last month and failed MOT because of it.

[Anulfo 22]

A bit o/t but i purchased a car recently with the nearside wing mirror glass missing!It had been recently m.o.t'd like this as it was mentioned on the 'advisory' section!!Suprised the way things are now what constitutes an advisory and what is an outright fail!!

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

You need 2 rear facing mirrors, drivers side and interior is acceptable.

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

you dont need a nearside wing mirror at all

 

THE RESULTS ARE IN!!

 

drum roll please.....

 

FAILED! (of course)

 

all annoying things:

 

front left brake binding slightly (never had this problem until it started doin it on the way home from work yesterday. grr)

 

inadequate exhaust mount (forgot to change the knackered rubber bit on one side of the back box hanger)

 

divers side rear wheel too close to bodywork (in my haste to change the rear beam mounts for the mot, I havent lined the beam up centrally)

 

pinch bolt on drivers suspension strut/hub not fully tightened (Only thing I can think here is ive either stripped the bolt thread or somehow ovalled it?)

 

 

Only thing I'm concerned about is the binding caliper, Which i have a spare, and I'm just hoping the hubs not ovalled somehow, I've got one of those spare too so no big deal, just waiting for a call back to see if they'll sort it for a decent price, if not I'll have the spanners out later!

 

Is a binding caliper likely to be the seals or just a sticky pad?

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

Scratch that, after speaking to the other bloke there, He has said there's excessive play in the beam.

 

new beam time then!

 

WANK!

[allye 530 3 Cars]

You'll be able to find a cheap base model beam for ~£50. Caliper just needs the slider cleaning and re-greasing!

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

pop the piston completely out then pop out the piston seal and clean it all up its always crap in the inner seal that causes binding unless your pad carriers are severely corroded then a good wire brushing wont hurt as well

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

question with a cheap beam, is whether itll be any better than the one on there at the moment. A refurbed beam was on my list of things to do after the engine swap, looks like I may need to change my plans!

of course the problem now is that I dont have any transport after tomorrow. joy!

[SurGie 54]

Thats right, legally it doesn't matter which mirrors you have as long as there are two of them.

 

Where did you take it ?

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

I went to scraptoft garage in the end as its within walking distance of my house, the one on the right as you head to wigston

[Carbs4me 45]

jord294 rebuilds and supplys axles!

 

I got my 309 Gti axle from him, which is a fantastic upgrade!

[Carbs4me 45]

and buying a second hand rear beam isnt always the best option they are a commen problem ive bought 2 rear beams and both callapsed after 2 years. If id only bought a refurbed one from day one i might have saved some money.

 

Just keep that in mind

[welshpug 1,657]

take it apart before handing over the cash

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

Quick update on this:

 

fully refurbed beam was sorted out courtesy of Tom Fenton (cheers!)

exhaust mounts changed

caliper as mentioned above it just needed popping out, wiping all the dried up dust off it and a quick clean, regrease and slide in and out a few times and seems good to go

shock mount bolts replaced (also courtesy of Mr Fenton) and double checked that they are tightened!

 

booked in for 10am tomorrow morning

 

sadly missed out on the partial retest deadline, so i'll have to cough up the full price, just hope they dont find something else that they didnt notice last time!

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

Fingers crossed buddy. You should notice a good difference now that beam has GTI bars in it. How is the ride height now it's on the car??

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

ride height is spot on tom

 

Good news.....

 

IT PASSED!!

 

definitely feels like it handles much better and feels much more precise now. I think a combination of the thicker bars, better shocks, solid mounts and no play in the bearings make for quite a transformation!

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

Good stuff buddy.