My cars MOT

[boyle_46]

Well my little red rideing hoods up for mot this morning at 11:15 , if she passes thats me on the roads legally :D in saying that the car should pass as ive just spent 140 quid on it this morning , list includes new flexable brake hoses , brake fluid , track rod ends , cv joint , cv boots , headlight allignment and wheel alligment , il take a few photos of just how hard the mot testers are on cars over here as some of you might not know we cant bring a car to a local garage to get an mot we have to bring it to a MOT test centre , anyways i may shoot and give the novar a final look over as im a bit nervous untill the next time . Nath :thumb:

[Dod]

Good luck mate, I've a few going up as well soon, so fingers crossed all round!!!

[Spudly]

Good luck buddy hope she goes through!

[boyle_46]

cheers lads :D

[AlexW]

Good luck

[brainsnova]

Good luck mine just needed a rear hub bearing nipped up

[boyle_46]

failed on one of my headlights wasnt bright enough and the back breaks were not good enough so new drums needed and drivers side headlight ffs

[L14MNP]

Gutted for you mate :( Easy repairs though!

[Spudly]

Thats not all bad though mate could have been alot worse, you might find your drums are fine and its your cylinders that are old/weeping/funked and in need of replacing, but still not a hard job at all.

Get ya tools out and rebook ya mot then:thumb:

[boyle_46]

got a headlight off ebay which is a half hours drive from me so thats pretty sweet , can i use corsa cylinders also ive a old nova axle out the back so il have a look at the cylinders on it . any tips on how to do the brakes ? .

[Spudly]

Err afaik theyre similar if not the same so corsa one should be spot on but id get confirmation from someone else aswell though.

Its pretty straightforward aslong as nothings seized there are a couple of studs through the bback plate of the drum with nuts on, undo those and undo the nut on the brake line into the cylinder and swap over, you obviously need the wheel and drum front off first though lol

[Paul]

New cylinder are like £10 each.

[NovaGuy1400SRi]

New cylinders and shoes for mine came to £45,

you might find the brake lines wont come out of the cylinders very easy depending on how long they've been there though.