Adam C 
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Any guesses on what it will fail on? 
 
Winner gets 10 CS Points  
 
[Edited on 10-11-2008 by Green Thing]
 
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FruitBooTeR 
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Emissions if its a legit MOT  
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Ojc 
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Play in balljoints, split CV boot gaitor, bulbs
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fazza 
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corrosion to chassis rails/legs
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Jakey 
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Everything.
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Kurt 
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Rear drums  
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Robin 
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headlight alignment
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Adam C 
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All of the above sound about right  
 
By the way its going to a fairly strict garage so im expecting a long failure slip
 
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Fro 
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B pillar cracks, excessive play in d/s track rod, emmissions and handbrake.
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B3KAN 
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Did you check it over before or just stuck it in? good luck  
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Ojc 
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quote: Originally posted by Robin 
headlight alignment 
   
 
Always the one when people remove the headlight then just throw them back in after a conversion.
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SAL 
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Emission's 
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JM_16v 
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Emission's , 
Headlights, 
Rear Wheel Bearings,
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pow 
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Pass  
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sand-eel 
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excessive corrosion to prescribed area - sills / FR strut top / FL strut top / front cross member / seatbelt mounts. 
wheels not attached properly 
no engine - not suitable for road use 
excessive play in the excessive play generator 
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Ellis 
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Excessive corrosion to prescribed area - Corsa
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Adam C 
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Well just dropped it off, not a nice feeling leaving it there but hey ho   
 
Emissions is going to obviously fail  
Headlight alignment Im not sure on as I put standard headlights back in with adjusters but chances are they will fail it anyway  
 
B3KAN - Yes mate gave it a good overhaul before it went in, checked everything over twice,  and it was just recently serviced so fingers crossed. 
 
But Im ready for a failure slip already 
 
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morpheus22 
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do they not alter the headlight alignment?. im sure the last time mine was done they told me it was off and they sorted and didnt put it down as a failure.
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Kano 
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quote: Originally posted by morpheus22 
do they not alter the headlight alignment?. im sure the last time mine was done they told me it was off and they sorted and didnt put it down as a failure. 
   
 
Not supposed to but a nice tester will, usually if its the only fail..
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corsaloon 
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should of dumped a bottle of redex in the tank to take care of the emmisions   
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S@M 
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yeh they can turn the screw ontop of the headlight to adjust it... i good tester ill normally just do it aslong as the rest of the cars ok
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Adam C 
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Registered: 10th Jan 07
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Got it back, and guess what.... 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
It Failed  
 
Passed on emissions which Im rather pleased with 
 
Failed on the following: 
 
.Nearside Headlamp Insecure 
 
.Offside Headlamp aim too High 
 
.Nearside rear brake binding 
 
.offside rear brake hose ferrule excessively corroded 
 
.nearside rear brake hose ferrule excessively corroded 
 
.Nearside front seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded 
 
.Offside front seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded 
 
.Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded 
 
.Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded 
 
.Nearside front front contstant velocity joint gaiter split 
 
.Nearside rear brake cable has restricted free movement 
 
.Offside rear brake cable has restricted free movement 
 
.Offside Rear parking Brake recording little or no effort 
 
.Parking brake efficiency below requirements 
 
 
Ah well gives me something to do I suppose 
 
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S@M 
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everythings a very easy fix apart from the welding.... 
 
most of the brake work can be sorted in one go...
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SAL 
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  Where they bored when they wrote that list ?
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B3KAN 
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quote: Originally posted by Green Thing 
Got it back, and guess what.... 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
It Failed  
 
Passed on emissions which Im rather pleased with 
 
Failed on the following: 
 
.Nearside Headlamp Insecure  Bottom headlight clip About 30p fro vaux 
 
.Offside Headlamp aim too High Adjust aim  
 
.Nearside rear brake binding Free off rear brakes, poss new shoes needed 
 
.offside rear brake hose ferrule excessively corroded They fail them on the ends being rusty, new hose required 
 
.nearside rear brake hose ferrule excessively corroded As above 
 
.Nearside front seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded 
 
.Offside front seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded 
 
.Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded 
 
.Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded 
 
Welding   
 
.Nearside front front contstant velocity joint gaiter split New cv boot 
 
.Nearside rear brake cable has restricted free movement  
 
.Offside rear brake cable has restricted free movement  
 
.Offside Rear parking Brake recording little or no effort 
 
.Parking brake efficiency below requirements 
 
Complete new handbrake cable about £11 
 
 
Ah well gives me something to do I suppose  
   
 
 
Tbh its not much mate, except the welding   but untill you hack away at it you wont know how bad it is   
 
[Edited on 10-11-2008 by B3KAN]
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