THE DISCO PASSED

Hi all,

Wandered along to the MOT place today. I need to add I have spent £3000 on
my Kreg 7 seater disco 2.5 TDI in the last three years with the average MOT
bill coming in at £650. I bought the vehicle for £5200. So I have spent a
lot in 3 years.

I have changed bushes, suspension, turrets, exhaust, gearbox, transmission,
etc etc. So i reckon over three years I have gone through everything that
could go wrong. Uprated the headlights and Waxoyled it thoroughly.

Anyway took it in yesterday and the MOT tester was impressed, reckoned it
was in excellent nick for it's age and it was perfect underneath. He
coudln't find anything, he said there was a tiny amount of play in the front
wheel bearing but it was not a fail, a small amount of oil on the rear diff
seal that needs looking at , but not a fail and a tiny amount of play in the
steering doughnut, he was very thorough as I asked him to be. I like to know
my car is safe.

So I have a new test certificate.

My emissions were 0.9 which I am told is excellent.

Im a happy man, now how do I tighten that wheel bearing? Is it simple and
can I do it in a day, how about rear diff oil seal, same - can I do it in a
day.

A

Don't seem very economical to me.

Why shouldn't something as recent as a Disco pass an MOT ?

If my old wreck of a series 3 can pass why worry about a Disco ?


--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes


"Andrew Renshaw" <andrew.hart.i hate [email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi all,
>
> Wandered along to the MOT place today. I need to add I have spent £3000 on
> my Kreg 7 seater disco 2.5 TDI in the last three years with the average
MOT
> bill coming in at £650. I bought the vehicle for £5200. So I have spent a
> lot in 3 years.
>
> I have changed bushes, suspension, turrets, exhaust, gearbox,
transmission,
> etc etc. So i reckon over three years I have gone through everything that
> could go wrong. Uprated the headlights and Waxoyled it thoroughly.
>
> Anyway took it in yesterday and the MOT tester was impressed, reckoned it
> was in excellent nick for it's age and it was perfect underneath. He
> coudln't find anything, he said there was a tiny amount of play in the
front
> wheel bearing but it was not a fail, a small amount of oil on the rear
diff
> seal that needs looking at , but not a fail and a tiny amount of play in
the
> steering doughnut, he was very thorough as I asked him to be. I like to
know
> my car is safe.
>
> So I have a new test certificate.
>
> My emissions were 0.9 which I am told is excellent.
>
> Im a happy man, now how do I tighten that wheel bearing? Is it simple and
> can I do it in a day, how about rear diff oil seal, same - can I do it in
a
> day.
>
> A
>
>

On or around Thu, 4 Nov 2004 23:29:31 -0000, "Larry" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Don't seem very economical to me.
>
>Why shouldn't something as recent as a Disco pass an MOT ?
>
>If my old wreck of a series 3 can pass why worry about a Disco ?
>

old discos are getting on for 15 years old now, and some of them are very
rusty. They can be repaired, of course, like all LRs, but sometimes people
don't bother - there are plenty of newer ones about for not-huge money (FSVO
huge).

If it's been looked after and not, for example, used for launching a boat,
then it should be OK, it's true. There are also some points such as smoke
tests which your banger doesn't have to pass or gets an easier test,
depending on age.

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 23:29:31 -0000, "Larry" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Don't seem very economical to me.
>
>Why shouldn't something as recent as a Disco pass an MOT ?
>
>If my old wreck of a series 3 can pass why worry about a Disco ?

Shock absorbers, brakes, tyres, light bulbs, bushes, wheel bearings,
windscreens etc can all be shagged before a car has its first MoT, let
alone its 10th, which many Discos will be up to by now. There will be
plenty of 4 year old Discos well past 100,000 miles.

Add in bodywork damage, rusting chassis bits and other Disco-specific
maladies and there are plenty of reasons for a K-plater to fail an
MoT.


--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'03 Volvo V70

My Landies? http://www.seriesii.co.uk
Barcoding? http://www.bartec-systems.com
Tony Luckwill web archive at http://www.luckwill.com

"Andrew Renshaw" <andrew.hart.i hate [email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Im a happy man, now how do I tighten that wheel bearing? Is it simple and
> can I do it in a day, how about rear diff oil seal, same - can I do it in
a
> day.
>

Both simple jobs!
Wheel bearing should adjust, about 30-60 mins
Rear diff seal, assume the input flange seal? 20-30 mins.