m.o.t fail!!!

Hi guys gutted today. My 90 just failed its mot due to rear cross member. im after the cheapest one around so i can get it on the road asap. after spending nearly 1500 on new defender 200tdi engine,paint,lights,wing mirrors,rear door,nuts bolts,tyres and a million other things i am starting to run out of money and loosing patience!! so if anyone could point me in the right direction i would be grateful!

If you can get it welded in place there is a guy called Pressbrake (I think). Everyone seems to rave about his work. Not used him myself but seems a good and cheap choice

they guy who m.o.t ed it was a pain in the arse!! i didnt think it was that bad and even possibly a pass. but he told me it cant be welded and if i got someone to weld it he will fail it again!! regardless so i have 10 days to get a new one and fit it.

if it was me mate ,report him.
if the welding is done right he car,nt fail it

rwz4 said:

they guy who m.o.t ed it was a pain in the arse!! i didnt think it was that bad and even possibly a pass. but he told me it cant be welded and if i got someone to weld it he will fail it again!! regardless so i have 10 days to get a new one and fit it.

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Some piccys might be an idea, to give peeps a bit more to go on, my crossmember is almost more patches than crossmember, and it passed an M.O.T. no bother

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now i have to work out how to post the pics:monitor_punch:

rwz4 said:

now i have to work out how to post the pics:monitor_punch:

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Sign up to photobucket, upload the image to it then copy and paste the img file.

Done

see if this works

there we go looks worse than it is. i always thought 30cm from a main support

The first photo needs welding, the second would get an advisory round here ...

fuuny thing is he passed the number plate!!

i'd go whacking it with a hammer and attacking it with a grinder and brush.

got to say, it doesn't look so bad that it can't be welded up imo. plenty more experienced on here than me though

I think you should cut your losses and swap with my disco

he said even the best welder will never weld that :lol: the only way he said it will ever pass is if i replace the whole thing!

i got offered a disco and a left kidney the other week for it but i had to decline:lol:

those tyres not need the eyebrows? thought that would fail.

rwz4 said:

he said even the best welder will never weld that :lol: the only way he said it will ever pass is if i replace the whole thing!

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It's easier to do with the bumper and stuff all off, but you could make a nice panel up for that - never say never - some really nice chassis patches were fitted to our old series 3 back in the day ...

rwz4 said:

he said even the best welder will never weld that :lol: the only way he said it will ever pass is if i replace the whole thing!

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I could fooking weld that and I'm really really **** at welding!

rwz4 said:

i got offered a disco and a left kidney the other week for it but i had to decline:lol:

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How about a disco and a right kidney? got a good lung too! Some spare fat, couple tonn of stone chippings and a body kit for a vectra

rwz4 said:

fuuny thing is he passed the number plate!!

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Tyres would fail for being too wide, number plate is fine tho - for now !!!