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Lizzy Taylor
Apr 12, 2012, 12:01:16 PM4/12/12
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What's the longest list you have ever had/seen?
One of my employees has been "rebuliding" his defender over the winter
and came back with a list of 19 failure points and 2 advisories. One
advisory was simply "Bad repairs".
Lizzy
One of my employees has been "rebuliding" his defender over the winter
and came back with a list of 19 failure points and 2 advisories. One
advisory was simply "Bad repairs".
Lizzy
Austin Shackles
Apr 13, 2012, 1:13:45 PM4/13/12
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On or around Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:01:16 +0100, Lizzy Taylor
<li...@thetaylorfamily.org.uk> enlightened us thusly:
had quite a list on a car I took for a specualtive pre-test in order to see
if it was worth working on. Never had that many on a "serious" one, though.
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<li...@thetaylorfamily.org.uk> enlightened us thusly:
if it was worth working on. Never had that many on a "serious" one, though.
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DaveB
Apr 16, 2012, 5:34:38 AM4/16/12
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In article <5hngo7pipbgub538r...@4ax.com>,
austinDITCHTHIS...@ddol-las.net says...
suspension bush's was realy bad (trailing arm, at the axle end, and the
other side was not exactly 100% either) expecting a fail. But I too
just wanted to know what else needed looking at (I had been out of the
country much longer than planned for work, so hadn't the time to look at
everything before the big day.)
Much to my delight (and surprise) it passed, with no advisory either.
I queried it, the guy who tested it grinned and said...
"It's not going to fall off. But if the bolt was loose, then we'd have
failed it."!!!!
Sadly, that place doesnt test anything bigger than a shopping trolly
these days... New bush's was fitted (both sides) the next day, when I
found a pair in stock locally while ringing round for parts.
I've had longer lists of bad things when taking SWMBO's car for a test
(why do I always get stiched up for that, cost me 2 new tyres, 4 wheel
ballance, full tracking AND a new exhaust the last time...)
Even a 4 year old company car (suposedly fully maintained buy the
dealer) once had 5 items listed as failures! Including emissions.
Scarily, it was the dealer who did the first MOT... Makes you
wonder.... We don't use them any more...
Dave B.
austinDITCHTHIS...@ddol-las.net says...
>
> On or around Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:01:16 +0100, Lizzy Taylor
> <li...@thetaylorfamily.org.uk> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >What's the longest list you have ever had/seen?
> >
> >One of my employees has been "rebuliding" his defender over the winter
> >and came back with a list of 19 failure points and 2 advisories. One
> >advisory was simply "Bad repairs".
>
> had quite a list on a car I took for a specualtive pre-test in order to see
> if it was worth working on. Never had that many on a "serious" one, though.
I took my hybrid for a test a few years back, knowning one of the rear
> On or around Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:01:16 +0100, Lizzy Taylor
> <li...@thetaylorfamily.org.uk> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >What's the longest list you have ever had/seen?
> >
> >One of my employees has been "rebuliding" his defender over the winter
> >and came back with a list of 19 failure points and 2 advisories. One
> >advisory was simply "Bad repairs".
>
> had quite a list on a car I took for a specualtive pre-test in order to see
> if it was worth working on. Never had that many on a "serious" one, though.
suspension bush's was realy bad (trailing arm, at the axle end, and the
other side was not exactly 100% either) expecting a fail. But I too
just wanted to know what else needed looking at (I had been out of the
country much longer than planned for work, so hadn't the time to look at
everything before the big day.)
Much to my delight (and surprise) it passed, with no advisory either.
I queried it, the guy who tested it grinned and said...
"It's not going to fall off. But if the bolt was loose, then we'd have
failed it."!!!!
Sadly, that place doesnt test anything bigger than a shopping trolly
these days... New bush's was fitted (both sides) the next day, when I
found a pair in stock locally while ringing round for parts.
I've had longer lists of bad things when taking SWMBO's car for a test
(why do I always get stiched up for that, cost me 2 new tyres, 4 wheel
ballance, full tracking AND a new exhaust the last time...)
Even a 4 year old company car (suposedly fully maintained buy the
dealer) once had 5 items listed as failures! Including emissions.
Scarily, it was the dealer who did the first MOT... Makes you
wonder.... We don't use them any more...
Dave B.
Peter the Puffer Nutter
Apr 19, 2012, 4:35:50 PM4/19/12
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this year it was MOTd and the failure list (excluding advisories that
were another page) ran to 4 pages!
The mechanic said, "at least all the lights worked, shame they're not
pointing in the right direction!"
As it was I put it up on ebay with full details of the failures and got
more money back than I paid for it!
Cheers
Peter
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