vulgalour Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 I am excited about the MoT possibility. That Rover cable came with the car, it was obviously meant to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 That car has fought tooth and nail against going back on the road, it'll be good to know it's been dragged kicking and screaming back to the MOT test centre for a pass so you can actually get some use out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philibusmo Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 MOT is booked for this Thursday. Fingers crossed, and I'll make sure to tell them about the 'Electricity ON' switch as it running out half way through the test would be rather embarrassing. Sigmund Fraud 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglevan Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Any news yet ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 The result has been posted on Twitter, but I'll leave it to Phil to update here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 if you post the link, he will be telling in a round about way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 or Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 Visit @pmozzy on Twitter for the update. Shep Shepherd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglevan Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Sorry don't do twitter. I'll just wait. .. KruJoe and Angrydicky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty-two Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Phil Mosscrop @PMozzy · 4h 4 hours ago Just got a call from the MOT station. The Princess passed! Lankytim and Shep Shepherd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 i was just being misleading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 i was just being misleading No you were just telling the future as you saw it, but wrong again ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 No you were just telling the future as you saw it, but wrong again !at least its the right colour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philibusmo Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 As you have all gathered by now, the Princess has passed its MOT! I'll be picking it up tomorrow morning, and I think I might just drive it to work. It's 36 miles there and back, which is two more than I have managed successfully so far so might be a bit of an adventure. wuvvum, HMC, Angrydicky and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 WOWZERS!!!!!!! This is great news!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseflakes Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Top Johnny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Can I just say this? WIBBLE! Another bit of old BL wedginess back on the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 checklist for work journeysense of adventurecharged mobile phoneselection of loose change/phone card in case of failure of aboverac/aa/green flag membership (current)travel blanket*flask of tea*good book**these items for the wait for rescue service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 Oh ye of little faith! This is a car where every journey is possible providing you can out-stubborn it. Twiggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Good news! It's finally been defeated. Many advisories? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danblez Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Bloody good effort! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Hooray!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philibusmo Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Good news! It's finally been defeated. Many advisories?Advisory items001 Vehicle is fucking horrible [6.5.2b] 002 Wasp nest above sun visor [9.6.2b.C] 003 Interior exudes a stench of death [6.9.B.3] 004 Please do not ever bring this back here again I don't actually know what advisories there are, I'm off to go walk down to pick it up in a minute. skattrd, cms206, oman5 and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 How was the drive to work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 I imagine it was fairly horrible and smelt bad with a gentle snow of roof lining fragments/wasp nest, tinged with a glow of pride and a large helping of relief. vulgalour, Shep Shepherd and tooSavvy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montytom Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 I must admit I really want a princess. Theres one on the Isle of Wight between Sandown and the crossroads to Wroxall thats been there as long as I can remember. I moved to the mainland over a year ago and am still informed its still there rotting away. Great thread sir it make you think that anything is possible if you put your mind to it brickwall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crapcarcollector Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 I must admit I really want a princess. Theres one on the Isle of Wight between Sandown and the crossroads to Wroxall thats been there as long as I can remember. I moved to the mainland over a year ago and am still informed its still there rotting away. Great thread sir it make you think that anything is possible if you put your mind to it Pretty sure this perfect example* of the breed is for sale should you offer in excess of £50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share Posted December 5, 2014 If you want a car that won't try your patience, this is not the car for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philibusmo Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 The advisories were a slightly rusty rear brake pipe, a rear wheel bearing having a little play, an oil leak and a minor exhaust leak.Here it was about 30 minutes before it was taken the MOT station as the headlamp had been taken to dry out - with it back in I took it for a quick spin around town to make sure it was all functioning approximately as it should and then dropped it off. The drive to work went superbly, I even managed to overtake a Daihatsu Terios and Citroen Berlingo that were hardly keeping up with continental drift, although this Princess is really rather slow, at least compared to the Lancia and the Supra that I have been driving recently. The drive back went just as well and if anything it seemed to be getting better with use. Once up to speed I could keep it rowing along quite well ad was belting along nicely back home. This was in the dark at about half 8 and this car has the best headlamps I have ever experienced with the power of a thousand suns. Today I took it to have the tracking done as I could tell it was more than a little out as the steering is pretty approximate and when trying to go in a straight line it wonders all over the road like a drunk. I pulled up and slammed the door, at which point a wet fart noise came from the car. Not thinking too much about it I wondered in, gave them the keys and let them know about the switch to start the electricity. I then set off to go get a haircut, turned to look at it and noticed that the passenger side was quite a lot lower than I remembered. DAMN THIS CAR AND ITS COMPONENTS THAT ARE MADE OF FAIL, even if it as quite funny. I got my keys back, giving the guys at ATS a good laugh at the rubbishness of it and went back home to investigate.On jacking it up a large puddle of green appeared under the car from the front and I started getting flashbacks of Citroen XM ownership.This made it pretty clear that it was the front hydragas displacer at fault so I set to removing it, which apart from the top ball joint being pretty well ceased into the top arm was surprisingly easy. One knackered hydragas displacer- a split in the diaphragm by the looks of things, now just to find another one to replace it with. Grundig and fordperv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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