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[puddlethumper]

36 minutes ago, brownnova said:

Call from the garage who’ve had my TF for nearly three weeks… 

We’ve changed the Lambda sensors and it’s still high on the Lambda reading… We’ve ordered a replacement ECU as it’s likely the remap that’s the problem… 

This will be one of the most costly MoT I’ve had! On a car I’d not long bought. Think this one was a mistake! 
 

I prefer cars without the fancy electronics… 

Quite agree about preferring  no electronics, that's why I've held on to my base model 1.9xud for 20 years. No electronics, fancy or otherwise. DVLA says my heap is a GLD when it is a GRD. I didn't want an upgrade, the bastards.

[HMC]

17 minutes ago, cort16 said:

Thats amazing has it got a 350 small block in it?

From the factory, yes. It’s now got a 305.  A lot of noise and a bit of power 

[wuvvum]

4 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

is it actually a fallible issue then? I mean how do Renault 5's go through MOT's if they work the same

Hmm.  Quote from the gov.uk website:

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Rear fog lamps may extinguish when main-beam is switched on or when dipped beam headlamps are switched off.

I may have to point this out when I take it in for a retest...

[Dick Cheeseburger]

1 hour ago, HMC said:

Just doing the school run 

 

I can't see how any other vehicle could possibly upstage your school run choice. Cool dad points 👉 

[High Jetter]

22 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

I can't see how any other vehicle could possibly upstage your school run choice. Cool dad points 👉 

That might depend on how many kids you need to transport though!

[artdjones]

1 hour ago, puddlethumper said:

Quite agree about preferring  no electronics, that's why I've held on to my base model 1.9xud for 20 years. No electronics, fancy or otherwise. DVLA says my heap is a GLD when it is a GRD. I didn't want an upgrade, the bastards.

They've given you a downgrade, not an upgrade.

[LightBulbFun]

42 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Hmm.  Quote from the gov.uk website:

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Rear fog lamps may extinguish when main-beam is switched on or when dipped beam headlamps are switched off.

I may have to point this out when I take it in for a retest...

 

Yeah thats sort of what i thought!

you sort of get a knack for this thing when you have been dealing with the DVLA/DVSA as heavily as I do   

you get a knowing for when the issue is with the thing being processed, or the issue is with the person doing the processing!

 

when someone has something that does not play out for them, but the exact same thing does for everything else

then you generally know the issue exits between the chair and the keyboard, rather than an actual issue with the thing being processed (unless there was some sort of systematic issue, allowing something dodgy to slip through, and its only caught then)

 

so when you said "but its just like this for Renault 5's" that set alarm bells ringing and I immediately right, I bet you the MOT man has not read his manual properly etc, given just how many R5's there where over time and continue to get MOT's, if it really was an issue something would of been said about it by now 

 

another probably slightly I am sad bastard thing that helps is I have studied so many MOT histories, I have gotten to know what is pre-formulated official DVSA wording, and what is something that the MOT tester has custom inputted/tacked onto the end!

the wording "adversely affected by the operation of another lamp" is generally meant for situations where you have a bad earth or bad wiring, say you stick the indicators on, and the head lamps also flash, or the head lamps go dim all of a sudden etc

and generally does not have anything on the end for example taken from JBY503J's MOT history "Nearside Front position lamp(s) slightly affected by the operation of another lamp (1.1.A.3f)" so when I saw the extra bit on the end of yours that also set off bells

 

 

as for the door, can you remove it entirely, or temporary panel over the door handle?

cant fail on an non opening door if there is no door to open

if you get questioned about it just say its a Dummy door like on an AC Acedes! LOL (thats literally what its called in the parts manual!)

 

 

if you really want to shit-up the MOT tester for messing up on the fog light, you could write in yellow testers chalk "Ministry!" somewhere on the bottom of the car

then you can probably bet he wont make that same mistake twice!

or is that too cruel? LOL

[puddlethumper]

11 minutes ago, artdjones said:

They've given you a downgrade, not an upgrade.

Agreed, but if it was down as a GRD it would be the only, one which lets be honest is kinda cool.

[Ged]

Picked up a XUD7 with a Bosch pump why I do not know, gives me a spare engine for the 305 should anything disastrous happen. Supposedly it has sat for nearly 30 years but easily turned over might attempt "rebuilding" it as a learning experience.

[Zelandeth]

6 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

is it actually a fallible issue then? I mean how do Renault 5's go through MOT's if they work the same

I have to wonder it it might be a case of an MOT tester who needs to brush up on the testers manual, or is not use to old shite!

Van is the same.  Fogs switch off if you select main beam.  Pretty sure the BX does that too (or locks main beam out when the switch is clicked all the way down to the fog position).

[JJ0063]

Fitted my plates 

Drove to Lidl

Gel ‘X’ has fallen off 

Electrical tape X to the rescue 

 

Must’ve gotten too hot! 

[wuvvum]

2 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

then you can probably bet he wont make that same mistake twice!

or is that too cruel? LOL

Yeah I won't be doing that.  I use that garage for all my MOTs, the tester is a decent bloke and I want to stay on the right side of him so he doesn't start going looking for faults on future tests...

2 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

as for the door, can you remove it entirely, or temporary panel over the door handle?

cant fail on an non opening door if there is no door to open

The door does open, it's just the exterior handle is slightly knackered and pops out of line at the rearmost end, and when it does that the gubbins inside the door don't line up either so it won't open.  If you hold the end of the handle in place as you lift it, the door opens fine.

[MJK 24]

10 hours ago, paulplom said:

New radio arrived for the pug. These are meant to be pretty good.

Could I have first refusal on that please if you move on to something else?

[MJK 24]

Super steady….

[GMcD]

Super sketchy more like! 

[JJ0063]

Ambers Mini is really on its last legs now, MOT is about 3 months away and I don’t expect it to live past that however one of its tyres is right on the markers.

Anyone clued up on tyres know whether this is OK? Tread looks fine but there’s a slight nick in the bead. Obviously don’t want to buy it if it’s going be dangerous or leak, but it’s very cheap and I think looks superficial?

 

 

[Jamie]

1 hour ago, JJ0063 said:

Fitted my plates 

Drove to Lidl

Gel ‘X’ has fallen off 

Electrical tape X to the rescue 

 

Must’ve gotten too hot! 

you probably already know this but you can buy the replacement gel letters singularly off ebay

[wuvvum]

Just had a look at the emissions readout for the Innocenti from its test today.  CO was 0.03% and hydrocarbons were 24ppm - pretty amazing for a 30-year-old carburettor engine that's been sat around for most of the last five years.  In fact it's cleaner than the 107...

[JJ0063]

1 minute ago, Jamie said:

you probably already know this but you can buy the replacement gel letters singularly off ebay

Luckily the plates are 2 months old so the place I got them from have agreed to send a letter out! Cheers for the heads up though 👍

[GMcD]

6 hours ago, HMC said:

My Speedo now works and the needles are visible as I’ve repainted them, but the clock plastic didn’t respond to toothpaste, so maybe a headlamp polycarbonate renovation kit now needed? Californian summers x45 take their toll on interiors

Brasso wadding? I use it to tidy up scratched/dull plastic watch faces with good results. 

[paulplom]

10 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

Hottest week of the year so far and really high pollen count means for the first time since moving to Sussex I’ve had to take hayfever tablets.

It had me knackered yesterday  and I went to bed early. It's rare I'm affected by it.

[paulplom]

5 hours ago, MJK 24 said:

Could I have first refusal on that please if you move on to something else?

Yup no bother. I'm waiting for a facia plate for the 107 before I can try it. If I'm not keen I'll send you it. 

I 'won' it on ebay for £68.

[dozeydustman]

50 minutes ago, paulplom said:

It had me knackered yesterday  and I went to bed early. It's rare I'm affected by it.

I woke up at 3:15 this morning , by 4am my eyes were streaming. 

[JJ0063]

Amber left the house in the Bini 20 mins ago and just called to ask what the warning with two waves and a thermometer in it means… that car deffo has OMGHGF.

Need to win a roffle for her, can’t afford another car.

[wuvvum]

What she needs is a nice VW T4.

[Asimo]

15 hours ago, HMC said:

My Speedo now works and the needles are visible as I’ve repainted them, but the clock plastic didn’t respond to toothpaste, so maybe a headlamp polycarbonate renovation kit now needed? Californian summers x45 take their toll on interiors

I think I would make a new “glass”: it’s flat and it’s round and polycarbonate sheet is an ebay click away.

[paulplom]

6 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

I woke up at 3:15 this morning , by 4am my eyes were streaming. 

I'm not too bad today. Just a bit of a scratchy throat.

[Spurious]

Who on here was selling all purpose cleaner/degreaser on eBay? My Google Fu is failing me. 

[vulgalour]

17 hours ago, High Jetter said:

That might depend on how many kids you need to transport though!

Nah, right vehicle for the job, just chuck em in the back and stick an octopus net over the top to stop them falling out.

[JJ0063]

Apparently the BINI took over 3 litres of water.. fuck it. Time to look for a £500 shitter for her this weekend.