Legit MOT?

MrPDude · Apr 10, 2010

Just bought this discovery a month or so ago. On the advert it mentioned the welding was done, and regarding the rear doors, this is the case. I checked my boot floor and this is what i have found. The car was sold to me with over 11 months MOT. Meaning that it has just had one done. This sort of damage cannot appear over the space of a month.

What are the chances that the MOT has been done poorly or in a dodgy manner and there are other potential land mines that i am going to find?

Trewey · Apr 10, 2010

Boot floor isn't structural, so that would pass MOT.

Beast o Bodmin · Apr 10, 2010

Treworgey 90 said:
Boot floor isn't structural, so that would pass MOT.

agreed so long as body mounts are clean and seat mounts good.

...discos do that.Got alloy floor here for sale ..pm me....

kungpow1975 · Apr 10, 2010

My discos boot was like that when i got it... and it passed its MOT about 2 hours before I collected it. we just ripped the old boot floor out and replaced it with a shiny new one

MrPDude · Apr 10, 2010

Got a replacement from paddocks.

My main concern regarding MOT was the rust near the pasenger seatbelt mounts. Check the pics again. The rust is ON the offside seatbelt mount

Trewey · Apr 10, 2010

Seatbelts are fixed to chassis, not floor.
Also tester is not allowed to lift carpet and so on.

kungpow1975 · Apr 10, 2010

as treworgey said, The fixing bolt for the belt mount just passes through the boot panel and bolts to a universal joint which in turn is bolted to the chassis

MrPDude · Apr 10, 2010

Thanks for the reassurance... i'l feel happier about puttin me kids in it now

kungpow1975 · Apr 10, 2010

was the foam on top of the boot tray wet by any chance?

kungpow1975 · Apr 10, 2010

dunno what LR where thinking when they put them foam inserts in, all they do is absort water and rot the panels

MrPDude · Apr 11, 2010

Lol i took the foam out and lay it on the drive in the sun to try and dry it out some. Sufficed to say it was soggy as hell.

Drove to the shops without the foam in place. Athough it soaks up water, it also does a damn good job of soaking up sound. Was like i was driving round with the boot door wide open

kungpow1975 · Apr 11, 2010

i Screwed all my foams to the side of the garage, on a wall that gets the sun for the majority of the day so that they could drip off and dry.

Im going to seal them somehow when they are fully dry I think painting the foam will do the trick. so it doesn't absorb water but it does absorb sound.

I would recommend you also remove the centre and front floor foams as well. if the boot foam was sopping.. it would have rolled down the car and got all others wet as well. As was the case with mine.

Pikey · Apr 11, 2010

Get down the poundshop and buy up all their camping mats. spread em out and glue em together do 2 layers and over lap the joints. Then cut to shape of foam and throw ya old foam away. good bye sponge Hello waterproof soundproofing

Beast o Bodmin · Apr 11, 2010

Treworgey 90 said:
Seatbelts are fixed to chassis, not floor.
Also tester is not allowed to lift carpet and so on.

wrong yes they are.they also have to remove plastic wheel arch trim ....but they dont

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