General Mot in the morning...

[JimMagill]

Sylvia is a bit nervious as the mot man is going to have a good poke at her tomorrow morning at ten past nine... I had to stick a headlight switch in her and tighten up the hand brake this afternoon in the carpark outside the shop and this little old lady came up to me and asked 'Is sylvia sick?' lol!

Jim

 

[Charlotte]

Good Luck Sylvia! All your Panda buddies will be thinking about you!

 

[JimMagill]

Thanks Charlotte, She's off for a bath now for her big day....

Jim

 

[Charlotte]

Thanks Charlotte, She's off for a bath now for her big day....

Jim

Awww! Let us know how she gets on!

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Good luck.

The passenger side head light on the Selecta went last night, not looked at with, but now the headlight switch is playing up with the side and tail lights. If its not one thing, its another. Dad's headlight switch is also playing up at the moment.

Does anyone else suffer from problems with headlight switches much?

 

[Wee Smurf]

Hope Sylvia gets on okay? Which centre are you taking her to?

 

[Chas Uno]

She's off for a bath now for her big day....

Sylvia's getting ready for her 'date' eh? :chin:

 

[Alan.D]

Good luck Jim..

BTW did the gaiter ever turn up?

 

[Nuova500]

Good luck Jim and Sylvia... Pandys horn has packed up in sympathy for you

 

[Snaphappyalex]

Good luck Jim ^.^ Hope all goes well, The most you have to fear is probably the emissions =P

 

[JimMagill]

she failed on a ball joint and emisions... Now where is uncle stu's number

 

[Nuova500]

emissions is easy, just weaken the mixture a bit Jim.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

she failed on a ball joint and emisions... Now where is uncle stu's number

Unfortunate. When does the current MOT expire? I just hope I don't have the same with the Selecta in July. I know that needs some work doing on it!

 

[Nuova500]

thats a pretty good result when you think what Sylvia goes through. I always book mine a month in advance just in case.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

I always book mine a month in advance just in case.

Ditto.

 

[JimMagill]

thats a pretty good result when you think what Sylvia goes through

What are you saying about my driving?!?!?!? LOL.

Jim

 

[Nuova500]

You said it Jim shes a lucky Panda really.

 

[Alan.D]

What ball joint? the big one? if so needs pressed out & in, plus the emissions are an easy adjust on the carb.....

Considering the miles it's f**k all

 

[Snaphappyalex]

What ball joint? the big one? if so needs pressed out & in, plus the emissions are an easy adjust on the carb.....

Considering the miles it's f**k all

To get the emissions down, Try getting some of that Petrol Treatment stuff from Redex, And if it's been a while, change air filter... Apart from that, I guess you could weaken your fuel to air mixture on the carb...

 

[The co-driver]

I would say it's probably the air filter that needs changing.

When I set her up in October the emissions were well within MOT limits. If you do adjust the mixture screw mark it up so you can turn it back later if you want to.

If it's the lower ball joint, it is easy. Pop the hub off & unbolt the carrier and take it to a garage and get them to press a new one in then just bolt it back up. It's a slightly awkward pressing because of the angle the carrier bends in at. But it's no big problem. You could always paint the carrier as well. Stuff like that always impresses the MOT testers.