My Frontera is booked in for the dreaded M.O.T.

[dave1966]

That is my Frontera booked in for the dreaded M.O.T exam on Tuesday 25th of Feb at 2.00pm at Banbeath Auto Centre,Leven.

[dave1966]

Thankyou,bud.

[4x4 bobby]

Good luck Dave , is it running nice again now????????

[DAVIDNI]

Good luck!!! Mines getting close now too...

[AskDean]

so did it pass then davey boy or not if not what else need doing

[Marty]

Booked for the 25th he said matey.

[dave1966]

Thankyou all for the good wishes.


Bobster,it was abit spluttery the other day when I took it for a small drive up the street,on tick over it is fine maybe it was because I tried to put the foot down abit but I think it should clear itself of any air in the system,on a drive from my house to the mot garage,as that is about 1 and a half miles away from my house but I have got a friend who is going to follow behind me on the way to the mot garage just incase.

[snapper]

Good luck on the 25th there Dave

[dave1966]

Cheers snapper.

[dave1966]

UPDATE:-

My Frontera was in for its mot today and it failed on the following.

FAILED ITEMS:-
1. Nearside front brake binding.

2. Nearside rear front parking brake recording little or no effort.

3. Nearside rear (service) front brake recording little or no effort.

4. Offside rear (service) front brake recording little or no effort.

5. Nearside front lower ball joint has excessive play. (***Dangerous***)

ADVISORY ITEMS:-
6. Nearside front shock absorber has slight corrosion to the casing.

7. Offside front shock absorber has slight corrosion to the casing.

8. Offside front lower suspension arm corroded but not seriously weakened.

9. Both rear brake discs corroded.

10. Offside rear tyre tread low.
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I have bought the lower ball joints from ebay.

[4x4 bobby]

Get them all done Dave and get it back in mate!

[Wilberforce]

What's a rear front brake??

That's not bad though, adjust handbrake, do balljoint, give the brake systen a going over and you're done.

[jimmybhoy]

I hope thats not the relatives garage Dave, or i fear the worst

[dave1966]

e3jcr,no that was not my relatives garage and he will never get his hands on my fronty again. A very good friend of mine that I used to work with,is going to do it all for me.

Willberforce,I have not got a clue,as to what they mean by a rear front brake. The only thing I can think of is that they mean rear and front.
I have got a pair of new front brake discs and I think I will just have them done too and I am think of just replacing both rear brake discs & pads and the front shock's.

Bobster,once I have all the parts and if they are here by next week,it will be getting done then and back in as soon as everything is done.

[steve 1967]

that's not that bad ive seen a lot longer fail list.

a mate of mine forgot his mot was due, so booked it into a garage that had a slot and it apparently failed on loads of different items, his quote was in the region of £1000 for parts and labour and re-mot.

when the chap I use returned from his holiday we took the vehicle up to him, and he said he wanted to speak to this garage to explain why they failed so many items, they hung up on him, wonder why?

and so just £270 later all the genuine fail items were sorted and a shiny new mot issued.

anyway, getting back onto subject, I know how you feel come mot time, its like sitting in the docs waiting room,

you will soon be back on the road, we have both the fronteras due mot in may within one day of each other, hows that for luck?

[dave1966]

steve1967,I am glad that I just have the newer one and not have the 2.4 one too. I always dread the mot time,I always think my motor will fail its mot rather than it passing,as if it passes that is a bonus.