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[scdan4]

Chairs on the wrong side for me. I'd turn it over on the first right hand bend.

 

 

I have exactly zero outfit experience, so learning on a lhd should make little difference to me. And it will all add to the quirkiness I guess.

 

 

Remember that these cannot be registered now if the chair is on the right. There are a few legal right hand chair outfits, but they will have been registered years ago.

I have a friend who ran one from new in the '70s. Lots of mods later and he was happy with it. Little things like capitalist exhaust valves, wheel bearings and brake linings were required.

 

Hmmm, I hate to be that guy but....

 

I rang the dvla this morning to see what the score is.

 

If it is old enough to be mot exempt then that includes the registering process, no mot needed at all.

 

They don’t care about which side the chair is, it would be historic, foreign and as made. Lhd is fine.

 

Newer stuff is apparently an entirely different kettle of fish.

 

All of which made me happy.

 

 

My reading into them has revealed you can upgrade the brakes with moggy 1000 linings and bits. Stock must be very poor, never heard of moggy brakes being considered an upgrade before!

[Asimo]

Don't weld the bush to the repair.

The pin would get hot enough to break the bond between the pin and the rubber and then you'd have a fucked bush, welded in place.

[Asimo]

Good news about right hand sidecars. It always seemed anomalous and unfair for the rules and laws to be concerned about LHD outfits but not LHD cars or trucks etc.

[Eddie Honda]

Lhd is fine.

It is fine pre-1st Aug 1981. The legality comes under Section 93, Construction and Use regs 1986.

 

It says "first registered". I think they take that date as when it was first ever registered, rather than when first registered in the UK.

[davehedgehog31]

Following on from my questions about what diesel commuter to plump for, I've found a car I like the look of, it's in Coventry and I've agreed a price with the chap selling it on behalf of his parents. All seems above board, but I have a slight concern. It's a long way to go and I just want to make sure everything is in place first.

 

He doesn't have the original logbook, he does however have a photocopy of it. I don't think there's anything fishy about it given the rest of it checks out. Will I be able to tax it before driving it up the road? I think I would need the new keeper supplement from the V5C to do it online, over the phone or even in a post office.

 

Also, given I won't be filling in the new keepers slip on the day, I'll need to apply for the logbook. For those who have bought a car without the logbook, is a written receipt of sale about the best I can do?

 

It does show as being taxed until December. I'm looking at Saturday (30th June) to collect it and I don't fancy paying a full months tax for around 12 hours of driving... Given I won't have completed the V5C to transfer ownership, will I be OK to just insure and drive up the road?

[The Moog]

You can do a digital transfer so logbooks are a bit pointless except for the number.

 

If you have internet access you can transfer ownership on the day together, so no need to send off for a new one.

 

 

Obviously up to you about tax. Personally I would just leave it, but someone (Mr Boll) got done for one day out of tax.

[davehedgehog31]

You can do a digital transfer so logbooks are a bit pointless except for the number.

 

If you have internet access you can transfer ownership on the day together, so no need to send off for a new one.

 

 

Obviously up to you about tax. Personally I would just leave it, but someone (Mr Boll) got done for one day out of tax.

 

Cheers Moog, I didn't know about the digital transfer service. As long as he has that reference number on the photocopy that should work fine and save me the 25 bucks for replacement V5. 

[Kiltox]

Is the photocopy V5 in his name / definitely the most recent?

 

If it’s not, you’ll end up having to apply for one because the transfer of ownership won’t work.

[OwdChina]

Any legal eagles about ?

 

I will be back in England at the weekend for a fortnight. Usually I just hire a car (may still do that) on my Yank lisence, but a buddy of mine has a spare car I can use if we can figure the insurance. They point blank refuse my American driving lisence an will only insure with a British (European) one. Now, I see two problems with this:

 

Firstly I'm a resident of America, not Britain or Europe and I'm led to believe I need to be at least a resident of Europe for my British lisence to be valid for use in England.

 

Second, the address on my lisence is our old address, the house we were at before we bought the one we presently own (in England rented out), not that it matters because we don't live there anyway, we live in America..............Sis says I can use her address and change my lisence to that, but I'm still not a resident of the UK so lisence invalid for use or not ?????????

 

Help muchly appreciated, Thanks.

[DodgeRover]

Pretty sure you can have a UK license without being a resident.

[pshome]

Any legal eagles about ?

 

I will be back in England at the weekend for a fortnight. Usually I just hire a car (may still do that) on my Yank lisence, but a buddy of mine has a spare car I can use if we can figure the insurance. They point blank refuse my American driving lisence an will only insure with a British (European) one. Now, I see two problems with this:

 

Firstly I'm a resident of America, not Britain or Europe and I'm led to believe I need to be at least a resident of Europe for my British lisence to be valid for use in England.

 

Second, the address on my lisence is our old address, the house we were at before we bought the one we presently own (in England rented out), not that it matters because we don't live there anyway, we live in America..............Sis says I can use her address and change my lisence to that, but I'm still not a resident of the UK so lisence invalid for use or not ?????????

 

Help muchly appreciated, Thanks.

 

An international driving permit (issued by AAA) should do, no?

https://www.aaa.com/vacation/idpf.html

[burraston2006]

Just had the renewal through from RAC (robbing bxstards). Meerkats bring up AutoAid at £100 cheaper. Are AutoAid any good?

[catsinthewelder]

I don't see what the point of those international driving permits are.  You can apparently buy one from the Post Office for about £15 with no real checks other than looking at your photocard licence.  They don't increase security or prove anything.  I work at a vehicle rental and never need to see them.  Even the dodgy Bosnian coppers weren't bothered that we didn't have them never mind the border guards of several nations.

 

With Wuvuums rusty bolt I would first check to see whether the D shaped tube heading upwards was solid.

 

If it is then grind down either a very large washer or a small flat bit of steel to cover the tube and drill hole to suit.

Bolt a suitably sized nut and bolt through and weld the nut on all the way round.

Use washers and a longer bolt to hold it in place while bolted to the trailing arm and tack into place on the D shaped tube.

Remove bolt, cover hole with bluetack and complete welding as best as you can,

Bolt back in, open beer.

 

If the D shaped tube is too fucked to weld to then I would make a plate to weld to the inner sill with something suitable already welded on.  It would be tricky and involve a lot of measure, tack, measure again swaear and prise off etc

 

Best of luck

[Kiltox]

Just had the renewal through from RAC (robbing bxstards). Meerkats bring up AutoAid at £100 cheaper. Are AutoAid any good?

Autoaid are excellent. Many a thread about them on here.

[busmansholiday]

Cheers Moog, I didn't know about the digital transfer service. As long as he has that reference number on the photocopy that should work fine and save me the 25 bucks for replacement V5.

 

Make sure he has a copy of of all 4 pages of the v5, not just the front page. When doing it on line, ie via your phone etc, you need the code off the bit you're supposed to be given when the previous owner sends the V5 in. It's the same number as the front page but has an additional number at the start. It doesn't work without it.

Also, when I did the C3, it took me to the tax it page half way through giving me the option of SORN or cough up time.

[The Moog]

I think it is just an extra number - Cav pointed it out before.

 

Add a 4 at begining to turn 11 digit into 12 to tax it.

[gm]

What are these signs directing you to a "unit" all about ? Now I've noticed them, they seem to be everywhere

 

 

Bonus lol - the blonde turned round when she heard the kehsshht of my camera

[Guest Hooli]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_UNIT

[gm]

That's alright then, as long as they are on 'our side'

[D Spares & Tyres]

Coincedence?

[Shirley Knott]

Brake pad time for the Lupo, I'd like to avoid ECP/CP4L this time around on the basis they're killing local factors and also are constantly sending me parts that don't fit

 

Local factor has two options, QH branded jobbies for £15 or Andrew Page's own brand (Drivemaster iirc) for £13...

 

Has anyone tried either of these?

[twosmoke300]

Drive master are terrible

[Shirley Knott]

Cheers,

 

Pretty much narrowed down to QH ones then...

[3VOM]

Is this the end of.....

 

Mk3 Golf. Airbag light is on and won't go off. No obvious reason. I've heard that it may be fixed by swapping steering wheels but however the fix is implement it still needs the light resetting by VAGCOM or whatever. Anyone any knowledge of the situation please?

[cort1977]

Is that even a requirement for that age of car?  If not, black maskers, job's a good 'in.

[mark1986]

Often caused by a dodgy connection in the wiring loom under the front passenger seat, especially if it's a 3 door and you often move the seat? Was under the impression that if the light is on, it's a fail, but a bit of masking does the trick nicely

[Kiltox]

If the MOT changes in May which meant a non functional EML is a fail didn’t also mean such for the airbag light, black tape or remove bulb

[3VOM]

What wiring under the seat(s)? I couldn't see any. Yes it has seatbelt tensioners but I had a look and couldn't see how they were connected and where the wiring went.

I also thought the airbag light not going out was now a fail as 7.1.5c (if I got that right)

[stephen01]

How hard is it to change car tyres? Without a tyre machine?

[Guest Hooli]

From my experience of doing a LR tyre once, an absolute cunting utter fucking shitwankycunt of a bastard!

 

I tried it on a mate's farm & we ending up parking his tractor on the tyre to break the bead.