JVY MOT 2011
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JVY
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JVY
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:| :| :| I have JVY booked in for an MOT tomorrow.
A quick summary of the final few jobs completed:-
Welding
I recently finished the welding. The last bit was horrible as I initially thought only the the lower A-post, floor & splash panel corner on the driver's side needed repaired. After putting in new metal around here and sorting ot he jacking tube pictured above, I thought, "right, that's me done". One last job was to give the outer sill a quick wire brush and put on some paint as it looked like it had a bit of surface rust. You can probably guess what's coming next. Sure enough, I found a hole in the outer sill at the bottom of the B&C posts and at the D post :cry: :cry: . So it cost me bot of extra time sorting that out. I found that the inner & outer sills had been previously replace and although it looks like a good job was done, I reckon the orignal metal that was left around the bottom of the B/C and D posts had just rotted away in the intervening period since.
Driver's Door Lock Puzzle
When I was doing above welding, I had taken off the front wing and driver's door. On putting things back together, the driver's door was shutting kind of OK but tending to jam when I tried to open it. I decided that I must have altered the height of the door when I had refitted it & all I would have to do would be to follow the Haynes book procedure for adjusting the door. :evil: After mucking about for hours, I got nowhere and eventually realised that the little 3-pronged rotating bolt on the door lock (the bit that engages with the striker plate on the B-post) wasn't quite rotating enough to stop it catching in the striker plate when I tried to open the door. This all puzzled me as it was working fine before I removed the door :roll: . So. I had to take the driver's door apart to remove the lock assembly. Only when I took it over to the bench to marvel at the complexity of the thing did a large self-tapping screw fall out. I reckon it must have been rolling about inside the door and fell into the lock when I was lifting/tilting the door on/off :twisted: . After a quick clean and regrease (and more cursing fitting the door all back together), it works better than ever
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Front N/S Brake
I found the front NS caliper was binding a bit, so I ordered up a the parts to recon the caliper from WINS plus a new flexi-hose. Having phoned WINS on Monday afternoon, the parts were delivered the following morning which was much appreciated - thanks WINS and Royal Mail! Working till late last night, I got the caliper put back together, fitted & bled. It now works a treat
So, with all June 2011 MOT fails hopefully sorted and all the advisories hopefully sorted, she goes for her MOT tomorrow. It's big day for JVY & I'm already getting nervous..........................................
A quick summary of the final few jobs completed:-
Welding
I recently finished the welding. The last bit was horrible as I initially thought only the the lower A-post, floor & splash panel corner on the driver's side needed repaired. After putting in new metal around here and sorting ot he jacking tube pictured above, I thought, "right, that's me done". One last job was to give the outer sill a quick wire brush and put on some paint as it looked like it had a bit of surface rust. You can probably guess what's coming next. Sure enough, I found a hole in the outer sill at the bottom of the B&C posts and at the D post :cry: :cry: . So it cost me bot of extra time sorting that out. I found that the inner & outer sills had been previously replace and although it looks like a good job was done, I reckon the orignal metal that was left around the bottom of the B/C and D posts had just rotted away in the intervening period since.
Driver's Door Lock Puzzle
When I was doing above welding, I had taken off the front wing and driver's door. On putting things back together, the driver's door was shutting kind of OK but tending to jam when I tried to open it. I decided that I must have altered the height of the door when I had refitted it & all I would have to do would be to follow the Haynes book procedure for adjusting the door. :evil: After mucking about for hours, I got nowhere and eventually realised that the little 3-pronged rotating bolt on the door lock (the bit that engages with the striker plate on the B-post) wasn't quite rotating enough to stop it catching in the striker plate when I tried to open the door. This all puzzled me as it was working fine before I removed the door :roll: . So. I had to take the driver's door apart to remove the lock assembly. Only when I took it over to the bench to marvel at the complexity of the thing did a large self-tapping screw fall out. I reckon it must have been rolling about inside the door and fell into the lock when I was lifting/tilting the door on/off :twisted: . After a quick clean and regrease (and more cursing fitting the door all back together), it works better than ever
.Front N/S Brake
I found the front NS caliper was binding a bit, so I ordered up a the parts to recon the caliper from WINS plus a new flexi-hose. Having phoned WINS on Monday afternoon, the parts were delivered the following morning which was much appreciated - thanks WINS and Royal Mail! Working till late last night, I got the caliper put back together, fitted & bled. It now works a treat
So, with all June 2011 MOT fails hopefully sorted and all the advisories hopefully sorted, she goes for her MOT tomorrow. It's big day for JVY & I'm already getting nervous..........................................
JVY
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Thanks. I am well chuffed. All I need to do now is get some road tax as JVY has been SORN'd since last year. Unfortunately, I am stuck at work with no hope of getting to the garage to pick up the certificate before the post office closes. Might have to wait till tomorrow before I can sort it out .
Only other problem is that SWMBO will now be drawing up a list of jobs for me to do now that I'm not spending my free time mucking about with the car :roll: . She may even be writing up a list on the back of the MOT certificate as I type this :?:
.Only other problem is that SWMBO will now be drawing up a list of jobs for me to do now that I'm not spending my free time mucking about with the car :roll: . She may even be writing up a list on the back of the MOT certificate as I type this :?:
OrganDoctor
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And that in only one year!!!
Good going
Good going
