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#479809 3rd Mar 2011 12:33pm
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Just took my car for an MOT and it failed frown

Its failed once before but only on registration lamp not working.

This time its failed for

001 Offside Headlamp Insecure

002 Offside Outer (Sill) Suspension Component Mounting Prescribed Area is excessivley corroded

003 Centre exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gasses

004 Nearside front brake hose has insufficient room to move resulting in fouling on any part

005 Offside front brake hose has insufficient room to move resulting in fouling on any part

Are these easy and cheap fixes coz i havent got a clue!



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Sounds like half of them are made up, where did you take this bud?


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Walshs on cleveland street just hoping its not an expensive problem to sort.

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Have you tried contacting Chris Gilly?

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Originally Posted by DJ_Karl_David
Just took my car for an MOT and it failed frown

Its failed once before but only on registration lamp not working.

This time its failed for



001 Offside Headlamp Insecure

May need a new / 2nd hand headlight

002 Offside Outer (Sill) Suspension Component Mounting Prescribed Area is excessivley corroded

welding required - cost will depend how much, if its accessable etc...

003 Centre exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gasses

new center section needed, or if the exhaust isnt to bad, welding

004 Nearside front brake hose has insufficient room to move resulting in fouling on any part

005 Offside front brake hose has insufficient room to move resulting in fouling on any part

both of these just sound like the flexi pipe is incorrectly secured, and should be a 2 min fix - DIY smile

Are these easy and cheap fixes coz i havent got a clue!




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cheers mate.

Hopefully wont cost me too much then.

Hopefully chris gilly see's this and can inbox me a rough quote wink

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pop down and see me buddy, ill take a lookand do it as cheap as physically possible smile

001 Offside Headlamp Insecure
broken brackets mostprob, mght be able to plastic weld wink

002 Offside Outer (Sill) Suspension Component Mounting Prescribed Area is excessivley corroded

holed prob just a small hole near a drain hole

003 Centre exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gasses
maybe a failed clamp

004 Nearside front brake hose has insufficient room to move resulting in fouling on any part

might be a twisted? same as below

005 Offside front brake hose has insufficient room to move resulting in fouling on any part


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if i pop down tommorow with the fail sheet can you can asses the damage?

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id need to see the car buddy smile

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I had the headlight insecure thing and corrosion last year. I took it somewhere else and it passed. They sound like, as Sanchez says, a bit fickle and made up. Walsh's have a tendency to do the prescribed mounting point has corrosion thing as well.

Brake hoses just need zip tying up, surely? Doesn't sound expensive anyway.


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Originally Posted by chris_gilly
id need to see the car buddy smile


Ill be in it! dont do walking haha got a week on current MOT anyway. apparantly im ok to still drive it til 11th march

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great, any idea on a time?

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Whenevers best for you mate.

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anytime after 10 buddy smile

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I stopped taking my cars to walsh's years ago because they were getting too fickle.
The only thing going for them is you dont have to pre book.

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