sambo Posted July 7, 2008 Report Posted July 7, 2008 My car failed the mot the other day on a tiny bit of welding on the panhard rod bracket (about an inch not welded) so i took it down the old mans and we set about welding it up. 5 minute job.............. or so i thought. started welding and suddenly smoke just poured out from underneath the car! I just shat myself and Dad said "quick, get the fire extinguisher, somethings not right here!!" So i run indoors, couldnt find the extinguisher so i just dunk a tea towel into the sink and run outside fearing the worst!! luckily, it had stopped and what it was, was that we didnt disconnect the battery whilst welding!! Turns out it just cooked the brake line big time at the back, and melted the braided hose. So, i had no brakes and needed to get it home! the rain was pouring down and the car was filling up with water! WAHT A KNOB!! i wont be doing that again!!
mk2_escort_chick Posted July 7, 2008 Report Posted July 7, 2008 So was that the only thing that it failed on then? I remembered a while ago you was worried about the hydraulic handbrake not passing?! You silly sausage, sounds like something that would happen to me
sambo Posted July 7, 2008 Author Report Posted July 7, 2008 Lol, he didnt bat an eyelid at the handbrake!! Weird eh? it also failed on not having a VIN plate and the number plate that i had halfords make up didnt have the corret spacing betwwen the letters I got the scare of my life when the smoke was pouring out though! i had never been so worried!!
mk2_escort_chick Posted July 7, 2008 Report Posted July 7, 2008 Lol, he didnt bat an eyelid at the handbrake!! Weird eh? it also failed on not having a VIN plate and the number plate that i had halfords make up didnt have the corret spacing betwwen the letters I got the scare of my life when the smoke was pouring out though! i had never been so worried!! Yeah halfrauds no.plates are shite...I used to make em up back in the day! So did Dean No offence but the mot tester sounds a bit anal about things like the no.plate! Mind you, I know I'd much rather it fail on something like that, than something harder to fix I can imagine, I would have pooped myself!
Toby Posted July 7, 2008 Report Posted July 7, 2008 At least you didn't inadvertantly half weld through it! Could have been worse!!
Noodles Posted July 7, 2008 Report Posted July 7, 2008 I didnt fit a hydrolic handbrake cos of the mot could have had me 13"s on the back otherwise
garyv6100e Posted July 7, 2008 Report Posted July 7, 2008 You need to find yourself a OSF friendly garage that would give you a bit of break for some of the minor items as they know we look after our cars . mine had the split pins missing from the anti roll bar castle nuts the tester gave me 2 split pins waited for me to fit them whilst he carried on testing the car then passed it
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