Gromit Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 So I was coming back home on my 2 hour commute last night when I got some pretty bad vibration. So much so, that I stopped twice to see have a look round the truck. It seemed to be coming from the front of the truck but nothing looked awry. Typical, as I had my test the next day. Got home in the dark and set about tracking down the vibration. It turned out to be both rear wheel bearings. 2 hours later, with some minor adjustment: they were good. Attacked the truck with the pressure washer, bled the brakes, adjusted the door lock, cleaned the muck out of the back of it and went to the pub after a long long day. This morning I ragged it up the motorway to warm it up, stopped just outside the test centre, wiped the swivel clean and headed in for the test. 4 guys poured over the truck. Initial comment was "you're leaking a bit of oil out of the swivel mate". They didn't find anything else though, and it passed B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotian Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Good work. How much is a normal (not dodgy pre aranged pass) MOT these days? Is that drum brakes I see on the back? Or am I going crazy. Didnt think they had drums on 200tdi landrovers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orgasmic Farmer Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Good work. How much is a normal (not dodgy pre aranged pass) MOT these days?Is that drum brakes I see on the back? Or am I going crazy. Didnt think they had drums on 200tdi landrovers Hi Scotian have a read of my post HERE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromit Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 Good work. How much is a normal (not dodgy pre aranged pass) MOT these days?Is that drum brakes I see on the back? Or am I going crazy. Didnt think they had drums on 200tdi landrovers NCT actually, I'm in Ireland. €49 for normal punters. Free for me cause I work for them (And no, I don't get any pre-arranged passes) Yep, pic is of drum brakes and a driver member being lightly fettled with LR tool #2 Disks came in at the end of the 200tdi run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I'm in Ireland. €49 for normal punters. And £50 in the UK for an MOT test The 'government' seem to want to wring as much as possible whenever possible out the motorists wallet at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 The MOT test is charged by the garage, not by the government. Although the government do set the maximum allowable charge - £50. As with all charges, you can haggle with the garage to get money off. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Good work. How much is a normal (not dodgy pre aranged pass) MOT these days?Is that drum brakes I see on the back? Or am I going crazy. Didnt think they had drums on 200tdi landrovers rear disc brakes came in 1994 alomg with the 300Tdi engine & R380 gearbox, almost all genuine factory built 200Tdi 90/110 should have rear Drum brakes, but some very late vehicles had rear dics as the production line geared up to change to the 1994 model year 300Tdi builds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogibear47.lee Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 i pay £35 pounds for my mot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boothy Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 My brother does my MOT for £2 to cover paperwork, it's the hardest MOT any vehicle ever has, trust me, last year he pulled it pieces because the blue dash light did not come on when it was on main beam!!!, and he checks the tyres don't stick out with a straight edge, he's to the letter is my brother, but its cheap (don't know what he'd charge for a re test) it took me ages to bring myself to brew up for him afterwards at halftime when we were watching the match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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