MOT failure

After buying my truck with 12 months MOT last summer the MOT has come back around.
It passed last time with 1 advisory. Today it has failed spectacularly with 13 failures. Great.

Is there anybody in the Derbyshire area who would be able to give us a hand repairing some shoddy welding to the front cross member? It also needs the bushes on the front arms replacing.

This is just the start of the list but I would struggle to afford to put it into the garage to get everything fixed.

Please help.

When you say front crossmember...do you mean the gearbox one? If so it unbolts and new one bolts back in place?

rasclatMC said:

After buying my truck with 12 months MOT last summer the MOT has come back around.
It passed last time with 1 advisory. Today it has failed spectacularly with 13 failures. Great.

Is there anybody in the Derbyshire area who would be able to give us a hand repairing some shoddy welding to the front cross member? It also needs the bushes on the front arms replacing.

This is just the start of the list but I would struggle to afford to put it into the garage to get everything fixed.

Please help.

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Where abouts in Derbyshire are you as it's a big place

I am half way between Buxton and Bakewell.
Nah it's not the crossmember that the gearbox is mounted to. It's right underneath the engine

Sorry mate to far away for me

Ah well, thanks anyway

When does your MOT actually run out?

Why not list the 13 failures...and am sure everyone will advise on cost or parts or how to attempt each job? Sometimes what sounds like a difficult job is doable with a bit of advice...

some of the jobs are fairly simple and i will be able to get sorted myself
they are:

1.bonnet retaining device ineffective - i do need a new bonnet as mine is bent and nackered. i am trying to source a new one, mine doesnt have a safety catch on it at the moment
2.parking brake lever has no reserve travel
3.windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid, the nozzel has come off so the water shoots out forward - im hoping i can just clean up and glue the old nozzle back on
4.brake pedal anti-slip provision missing - new one ordered, should be able to attach straight on
5. 3 rear seat belts missing (vehicle made in 1988 so does require), gonna just remove the seats untill i can source seatbelts
6.(front cross member) steering component mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired (dodgy repair by previous owner i think) - probably gonna need section removing and replacing
7. nearside drag link end ball joint has excessive play
8. (all 4 bushes on both front arms) radius arm has excessive play in a pin/bush
9. offside front panhard rod has excessive play in a pin/bush
10. offside headlamp aim too low
11. offside rear wheel bearing has excessive play ***DANGEROUS***
12. brake pedal spongy ***DANGEROUS***
13. front vehicle structure has an inadequate repair, seriously effective its strength within 30cm of the body mountings - a repeat of point 6

oh and marmaduke my mot has run out

Any chance of putting a couple of pics up of 6 and 13 to see how bad it is

i will try to put some pictures on tomorrow afternoon,
the mechanic said both points 6 and 13 refer to the same area. it looks like it has been repaired before but really badly, it looks like they have filled in an area they have attempted to weld with some silicone

Is it the cross member under the rad you're on about?

yes thats the one

on a side note where would the best place to be to get poly bushes from?

rasclatMC said:

yes thats the one

on a side note where would the best place to be to get poly bushes from?

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Depends how fast you want them, I think I bought mine off ebay and they were floflex ones, also budget for new nuts and bolts as you usually end up cutting them off as mine were seized and this was the easiest way to get them off

i can press in bushes for you easily, im 5 miles south of ashbourne

thanks 200tdi ayre, the problem i have is that the defender is now off the road cos its mot has expired,
could i install poly bushes at home?

Landrover Defender 90, 110 Front and Rear Arms - Duraflex poly bush kit- BLUE | eBay

are these the little fellas i need?

rasclatMC said:

thanks 200tdi ayre, the problem i have is that the defender is now off the road cos its mot has expired,
could i install poly bushes at home?

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You can, it's just a case of removing the old ones usually with a drill and a jigsaw and then putting the polybushes in with the help of a hammer and brute force

rasclatMC said:

Landrover Defender 90, 110 Front and Rear Arms - Duraflex poly bush kit- BLUE | eBay

are these the little fellas i need?

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Could be, depends upon whether you've got 10 or 24 spline front axles as the bushes are a different size but that kit will do the fronts and rears