Author Topic: Camaro MOT today. (Read 1538 times)

F Body · « **on:** August 06, 2011, 05:47:43 pm »

Happened to look in my diary on Thursday and suddenly noticed that the Camaro's MOT runs out on 20th August

Ran the garage on Friday and he said he could do it Saturday morning

I did wonder he was going to notice that the rear bump stops are disintegrating

They are made from some sort of foam and when I ran Usless Automotive a couple of months ago, they quoted me £79 + vat + delivery for a pair

I'm sure that I can get some decent rubber ones for less

Anyways it passed but he found one serious fault, he said that it would normally be at least an advisory, but he knew I'd fix it

Some numpty ( that'll be me ) put the ruddy front wheels back on the wrong way round, because the tyres are directional

Which meant that they have been running in the wrong direction since about March

So the first job when I got home was to swap them back again, so I took the opportunity to give them a good clean

The Calipers and discs aren't 100% but they'll do

Just got the front wheels back on again an it started to rain, so had to do the rear wheels inside the garage

Then spent the next couple of hours cleaning the engine bay

Then protected the rear end before changing the rear lights back to American spec

Finished the day cleaning the inside, including all the shut areas :

So wheels, underside, engine bay and interior are all done, still got to spend too many hours on the exterior

F Body · « **Reply #1 on:** August 06, 2011, 06:00:16 pm »

Incidentally my target mileage for the year was 1,500 miles which I missed again

But the total was a non too shabby 1,455 miles

Total mileage is now a heady 29,900km or 18,583 miles ( an average of 1,689 miles per year )

Rob · « **Reply #2 on:** August 06, 2011, 11:41:39 pm »

Quoting: F Body

Some numpty ( that'll be me ) put the ruddy front wheels back on the wrong way round, because the tyres are directional
Which meant that they have been running in the wrong direction since about March

Cardinal Sin.....

F Body · « **Reply #3 on:** August 07, 2011, 06:45:41 am »

Quoting: Rob

Cardinal Sin.....

More like senile dementia

Still at least it shows that he is doing a thorough MOT to ensure the car is safe

art b · « **Reply #4 on:** August 07, 2011, 09:28:02 am »

Quoting: F Body

More like senile dementia

it would help if ya put numbers on em

...and didnt keep takin the wheels off every 10 mins

philoldsmobile · « **Reply #5 on:** August 07, 2011, 09:32:16 am »

Quoting: F Body

Incidentally my target mileage for the year was 1,500 miles which I missed again
But the total was a non too shabby 1,455 miles

I've done half of that on the ducati, and I've only had it three weeks!!!

F Body · « **Reply #6 on:** August 07, 2011, 10:14:35 am »

Quoting: philoldsmobile

I've done half of that on the ducati

I've done nearly 4,000 miles on the Ducati now, time for some new tyres

Rob · « **Reply #7 on:** August 07, 2011, 10:30:33 am »

Quoting: art b

it would help if ya put numbers on em

....or L and R light Jimmy Cricket's wellies

philoldsmobile · « **Reply #8 on:** August 07, 2011, 07:26:46 pm »

Quoting: F Body

I've done nearly 4,000 miles on the Ducati now, time for some new tyres

and cam belts i'll wager? going to be doing my belts soon, apparently its a shockingly easy job on the pantah motor. Seen some vids on youtube, and it does look as simple as falling off a log...

Jamieg285 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 08, 2011, 07:51:15 am »

Quoting: F Body

I did wonder he was going to notice that the rear bump stops are disintegrating
They are made from some sort of foam and when I ran Usless Automotive a couple of months ago, they quoted me £79 + vat + delivery for a pair
I'm sure that I can get some decent rubber ones for less

What do they look like? I have some new poly ones (in red) that I won't be using.

F Body · « **Reply #10 on:** August 08, 2011, 11:22:56 am »

Quoting: Jamieg285

What do they look like?

Something like this :

Jamieg285 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 08, 2011, 03:08:31 pm »

In that case, the ones I have won't fit. They have a single bolt coming out of the middle of the back, a bit like a T-piece.

In fact, I've remember the exact details now:

F Body · « **Reply #12 on:** August 08, 2011, 04:07:23 pm »

Quoting: Jamieg285

In that case, the ones I have won't fit.

Thank you for the offer, looks like it's back to e-gay